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      "\u02c8d\u026af\u0259k\u0259lti",
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      "From Middle English difficultee, from Old French difficult\u00e9, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (\u201chard to do, difficult\u201d), from dis- + facilis (\u201ceasy\u201d); see difficile and difficult. Equivalent to dis- + facile + -ty. Also analysable as difficult + -y, though the adjective is historically a backformation from the noun."
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            "mean": "The state of being difficult, or hard to do."
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            "mean": "An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.\nWe faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.\n2019 June 27,  Lauren Gambino,  \u201cDemocratic 2020 candidates clash on healthcare, immigration and economy in first debate\u201d, in  The Guardian\u200e:The two-hour debate was briefly stalled by a technical difficulty with the moderators\u2019 microphones."
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            "mean": "(sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning\n2012 August 2, \"Children rescued after getting into difficulties in Donegal\" BBC Online\n2016 March 30,  Alan Thompson,  \u201cDiver taken to hospital after getting into difficulties at Stoney Cove diving centre\u201d, in  Leicester Mercury:\n2016 February 24,  Catherine Shanahan,  \u201cBoy, 13, drowns after getting into difficulty in river\u201d, in  Irish Examiner:The three teenagers, a girl and two boys, were playing by the river when it is believed they got into difficulty.\n2016 March 14,  \u201cKayaker rescued after getting into difficulty\u201d, in  Bournemouth Echo\u200e:Members of the public had called 999 as they were concerned the kayaker was in difficulty around the headland race due to very strong spring tides and choppy seas with the kayaker making no headway.\n2016 March 19,  Neil Shaw,  \u201cTeens rescued from Dartmoor after getting into difficulty\u201d, in  Plymouth Herald:A group of young people had to be rescued from Dartmoor on Friday night after getting into difficulty during a Duke of Edinburgh exercise.    A 16-year-old girl required medical attention and a medic was winched down to the site by helicopter."
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          {
            "mean": "An objection."
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            "mean": "That which cannot be easily understood or believed."
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            "mean": "An awkward situation or quarrel."
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