the school of hard knocks

learning through difficult experiences An early training in the school of hard knocks was good preparation for a career in politics.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chao	-	Chinese
Federica	fe-de-REE-kah	Italian
&Thorn;ÓRvÍ	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Nicodemo	nee-ko-DE-mo (Italian), nee-ko-DHE-mo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Lori	[lɔri]
ÚRsula	OOR-soo-lə (Portuguese), OOR-soo-lah (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish