noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ appalling ( BrE ), considerable , extreme , genuine ( esp. BrE ), great , real , severe
▪ undue , unnecessary ( esp. BrE )
▪ economic , financial , material ( esp. AmE ), personal , physical
VERB + HARDSHIP
▪ cause
▪ impose
▪ bear , endure , experience , face , suffer , survive
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a close community which makes these ~s easier to bear
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Students may suffer severe financial ~ as a result of the government's decision.
▪
They have already survived considerable ~.
HARDSHIP + NOUN
▪ fund ( BrE )
▪ payment ( BrE )
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The union made ~ payments to some of the sacked workers.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
They are living in genuine ~.
▪ without ~
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They could improve our conditions without undue ~ for themselves.
▪ ~ among
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widespread ~ among students
▪ ~ to
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The cold was no real ~ to me.
PHRASES
▪ times of ~
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In times of economic ~, companies cut back on training.