Translations for hard-bought in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

hard-bought [ˌhɑːdˈbɔːt] ADJ

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hard-bought

ottenuto faticosamente, conquistato a fatica

Translations for hard-bought in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

fatica <pl fatiche> [faˈtika, ke] N f

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1. fatica (sforzo):

grande fatica

fatica fisica

physical effort

senza (fare) fatica

with ease, effortlessly, without effort

che fatica!

what an effort or a struggle!

fare fatica (a fare)

to have difficulty (in doing), to struggle (to do)

hanno fatto fatica a fare

they had a struggle to do or doing

non è una gran fatica per te alzarti mezz'ora prima

it's no great hardship for you to get up half an hour earlier

è (tutta) fatica sprecata

it's a waste of effort or time, it's wasted effort or time

ho fatto una fatica terribile a trovare la casa

I found it terribly hard to find the house

è una fatica fargli fare i compiti

it's hard to make him do his homework

meritare or valere la fatica

to be worth the effort

il coronamento delle proprie -che

the consummation of one's efforts

3. fatica (fastidio):

risparmiarsi, risparmiare a qn la fatica di fare qc

to save oneself, sb the trouble of doing sth

5. fatica (opera):

l'ultima fatica di uno scrittore

the last work of a writer

6. fatica TECH:

fatica dei metalli

sottoporre a fatica metallo

7. fatica:

a fatica (con difficoltà)

with difficulty

a fatica (con difficoltà)

a fatica (a malapena) sentire, vedere

respirare, aprire qc a fatica

to labour to breathe, to open sth

muoversi a fatica

to labour along, to struggle along

conquistato a fatica

hard-bought, hard-earned, hard-won

si procede a fatica

the going is heavy

una fatica di Ercole

a labour of Hercules

vivere del frutto delle proprie -che

to live by the fruit of one's labours

Phrases:

fatica di Sisifo

Sisyphean toil also fig

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The distinction is not scholastic subterfuge, but a hard-bought acquisition in the fight for freedom. en.wikipedia.org

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