a rough time

A challenging period during which one struggles to do or cope with something. John went through a rough time after losing both his job and his wife during the same year. I had a rough time repairing the engine because it was so rusty, but I eventually got it running again.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yushua	-	Arabic
Prunella	proo-NEL-ə	English (Rare)
Altwidus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Alen	AHL-en (Croatian)	Croatian, Slovene
Andrada	-	Romanian
Emlyn	-	Welsh