How to pronounce hard
Listen to hard in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“hard” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Hard to say. Hard to say.
Federal Reserve · watch from 47:35 · hear it here
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It was very hard, very, very hard.
Dept of Labor · watch from 1:39 · hear it here
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specifically what that looks like in terms of hard hard numbers or hard data.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 31:20 · hear it here
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hard, study hard, and stay out of politics.
State Department · watch from 13:25 · hear it here
Why real speech
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