I.
adj.
1 solid/stiff
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem
▪
The chairs felt ~ and uncomfortable.
▪ become , go
▪
Don't leave the cake uncovered or the icing will go ~.
▪ stay
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
PHRASES
▪ rock ~
▪
The toffee was rock ~.
2 difficult
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
▪ become , get
▪
Life got very ~.
▪ make sth
▪
If you tell the children the answers, it only makes it harder for them to do the work on their own.
▪ find sth
▪
I found the exam quite ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
Hard is used with these nouns: ↑ bargaining , ↑ bench , ↑ biscuit , ↑ blow , ↑ bread , ↑ cash , ↑ cement , ↑ chair , ↑ cheese , ↑ choice , ↑ cider , ↑ climb , ↑ coal , ↑ contact lens , ↑ copy , ↑ core , ↑ court , ↑ cover , ↑ currency , ↑ data , ↑ day , ↑ decision , ↑ disk , ↑ drinker , ↑ drive , ↑ drug , ↑ earth , ↑ effort , ↑ evidence , ↑ exercise , ↑ face , ↑ fact , ↑ fight , ↑ fighting , ↑ floor , ↑ foul , ↑ freeze , ↑ frost , ↑ gaze , ↑ graft , ↑ ground , ↑ hat , ↑ heart , ↑ jab , ↑ job , ↑ journey , ↑ kick , ↑ kiss , ↑ knock , ↑ labour , ↑ landing , ↑ lesson , ↑ life , ↑ line , ↑ liquor , ↑ look , ↑ luck , ↑ lump , ↑ man , ↑ margarine , ↑ mattress , ↑ mouth , ↑ muscle , ↑ news , ↑ nipple , ↑ palate , ↑ part , ↑ pavement , ↑ penis , ↑ punch , ↑ push , ↑ question , ↑ race , ↑ rain , ↑ reality , ↑ road , ↑ rock , ↑ sand , ↑ science , ↑ season , ↑ shell , ↑ shove , ↑ skin , ↑ slap , ↑ smack , ↑ snow , ↑ stone , ↑ struggle , ↑ surface , ↑ tackle , ↑ task , ↑ thigh , ↑ thing , ↑ think , ↑ thinking , ↑ time , ↑ toil , ↑ tone , ↑ training , ↑ truth , ↑ tug , ↑ water , ↑ way , ↑ wear , ↑ week , ↑ winter , ↑ wood , ↑ word , ↑ work , ↑ worker , ↑ workout , ↑ world , ↑ year
II.
adv.
Hard is used with these verbs: ↑ accelerate , ↑ bang , ↑ bargain , ↑ battle , ↑ bite , ↑ blink , ↑ blow , ↑ brake , ↑ breathe , ↑ campaign , ↑ clamp , ↑ concentrate , ↑ crack , ↑ cry , ↑ fight , ↑ focus , ↑ grip , ↑ hit , ↑ kick , ↑ kiss , ↑ laugh , ↑ listen , ↑ lobby , ↑ pedal , ↑ ponder , ↑ practise , ↑ pray , ↑ press , ↑ prune , ↑ puff , ↑ pull , ↑ punch , ↑ push , ↑ rain , ↑ ram , ↑ ride , ↑ rub , ↑ shake , ↑ shove , ↑ slam , ↑ slap , ↑ smack , ↑ snow , ↑ squeeze , ↑ stamp , ↑ stare , ↑ strain , ↑ strike , ↑ strive , ↑ struggle , ↑ study , ↑ swallow , ↑ tackle , ↑ think , ↑ thrust , ↑ thud , ↑ thump , ↑ train , ↑ try , ↑ tug , ↑ wish , ↑ work