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Definitions of 'trying'
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If you describe something or someone as trying, you mean that they are difficult to deal with and make you feel impatient or annoyed.
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2. See also try
Idioms with 'trying'
like trying to nail Jell-O to the wallExamples of 'trying' in a sentence
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He stood there for almost ten minutes, mind working, stumbling over itself, trying
to find a pattern.It was like trying to resurrect a person I'd killed off years ago.I started play with a gutsy opening bet: "I think someone is trying to frame Fiske
for murder," I said.
Translations of 'trying'
English-French
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● adjective: pénible [...]
English-Spanish
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● adjective: [time, situation, circumstances] difícil; [experience, day] duro; [person] latoso, pesado [...]
English-German
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● adjective: schwierig, anstrengend; work, day, time anstrengend, aufreibend; experience schwer [...]
English-Italian
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● adjective: (tiring) (situation) difficile, duro/a; (day, experience) logorante, pesante [...]
English-Chinese
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● adjective: (person) 难对付的; (experience, situation) 令人厌烦的 [...]
English-Portuguese
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● adjective: (person, experience) exasperante [...]
English-Hindi
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● adjective: कठिन, कष्टकर [...]
English-Japanese
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● adjective: つらい [...]
English-Korean
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● adjective: 견디기 힘든 [...]
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