difficult
adjective
not easy to do, deal with, or understand
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Difficult to do and involving a lot of effort
complicated
adjective
difficult to do, deal with, or understand, especially because of involving a lot of different processes or aspects
be an effort
to be difficult, tiring, or boring to do
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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