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hard to take

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hard to take

difficult or painful to accept. The news was hard to take, but we soon realized that it was all for the best.

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hard to take

difficult to believe The reports that this extremely successful company is near bankruptcy are very hard to take. The humiliation of her son's crime was very hard to take.

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