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Marshall, Thurgood (oh) and difficulty (oh)


Marshall, Thurgood (oh)



(1908-93) a US lawyer who became the first black member of the Supreme Court in 1967. When he was a lawyer he won many important legal cases to help black US citizens get equal rights, such as the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka .

difficulty (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: difficultas, from difficilis 'difficult', from facilis 'easy']
[U] if you have difficulty doing something, it is difficult for you to do
have/experience difficulty (in) doing sth
::They had great difficulty in finding a replacement.
with/without difficulty
::He got to his feet with difficulty.
[C usually plural] a problem or something that causes trouble
difficulty with
::There are several difficulties with this theory.
::If you have any difficulties , give me a call.
::The project soon ran into difficulties .
:: Difficulties can arise when there is more than one defendant.
::We're confident that the legal difficulties can be overcome .
::The rearrangement of school classes may cause timetabling difficulties .
::Their ten years of Marriage have been fraught with difficulties .
:: the practical difficulties of prosecuting alleged war criminals
::The broadcast was delayed because of technical difficulties .
::She developed breathing difficulties during the night.
[U] if you are in difficulty, you are in a situation in which you have problems
in difficulty
::The business is in financial difficulty.
get/run into difficulty
(=get into a difficult situation)
::She soon got into difficulty with Debt.
[U] the quality of being difficult to do
the difficulty of (doing) sth
::the difficulty of solving such problems
[U] how difficult something is
::The tests vary in difficulty.
-see also learning difficulties
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HINT sense 1
Do not say that someone 'has difficulty to do something'. Say that someone has difficulty doing something or has difficulty in doing something .
COLLOCATES for sense 2
have/experience/encounter difficulties
run/get into difficulties (=experience difficulties)
difficulties arise
overcome difficulties
cause difficulties (for somebody)
be fraught with/beset by difficulties (=involve a lot of difficulties)
practical difficulties
mechanical/technical difficulties
financial difficulties (=a bad financial situation)
breathing difficulties
behavioural difficulties (=bad behaviour)
marital difficulties (=problems between a husband and wife)