hard-pressed in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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

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

gola [ˈɡola] N f

7. gola ARCHIT:

to be hard-pressed, to be in deep water

minuto2 [miˈnuto] N m

1. minuto (unità di tempo):

2. minuto (breve momento):

tick Brit inf
half a tick Brit inf
half a mo Brit inf

I.acqua [ˈakkwa] N f

2. acqua (massa):

II.acque N fpl

III.acqua [ˈakkwa]

to be hard-pressed, to be in deep water

IV.acqua [ˈakkwa]

acqua dura CHEM

See also acquasanta, acquaragia, Acqua alta

ora1 [ˈora] N f

1. ora (sessanta minuti):

è un'ora che ti aspetto! inf, fig

2. ora (indicazione di tempo):

3. ora (momento preciso nel tempo):

4. ora (periodo della giornata):

ore libere SCHOOL

Phrases:

ora di bordo NAUT
ora esatta TELEC
ora estiva ADMIN
ora invernale ADMIN
ora legale ADMIN
ora locale ADMIN

hard-pressed in the PONS Dictionary

hard-pressed Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The hard-pressed tenants looked for a reduction of twenty-five percent.
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One would be hard-pressed to tell the originals interspersed among the traditional blues tunes here without looking at the credits.
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There are many junior ice hockey teams, and one would be hard-pressed to find even the smallest community without a rink available for organized play.
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He made his way to an aid station, received treatment, and then refused to be evacuated, choosing to return to his hard-pressed men instead.
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Expert selectors would have been hard-pressed to put together a less likely partnership.
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With improvements in the track, the horses were becoming increasingly hard-pressed.
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The fermented shrimp are then prepared, fried and hard-pressed into cakes.
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Even if their already hard-pressed industry could have produced them in quantity, fuel was in very short supply.
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For example, the word the has a meaning, but one would be hard-pressed to find a mental representation that fits it.
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Her hard-pressed imaginary friends reach out into the real world for help, resulting in blood and death in both worlds.
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