tough going

progress that is difficult. It was tough going for the first few miles, but the trail became much easier as we got farther into the forest.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Winnie	WIN-ee	English
Sigrid	SEEG-reed (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Estonian, Finnish (Archaic)
Kristine	kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German)	Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, English, German
Crowley	['krəuli:]
Reeves	[ri:vz]
Zenia	-	English (Rare)