difficult

difficile

Qui demande beaucoup d’efforts ou de savoir-faire pour être réalisé ou compris.

En anglais simple : Something needs a lot of effort or skill to do or understand.

• This question is difficult.
• We had a difficult journey home.
• Is it difficult to learn Japanese?

Comment l'utiliser : difficult to do something (This book is difficult to read.); difficult for someone (The climb was difficult for us.); find something difficult (I find spelling difficult.)

Synonymes : hard, challenging

Contraires : easy

Expressions courantes : difficult question, difficult task, difficult to understand

difficile, compliqué

Qui refuse de coopérer ou crée des problèmes par son comportement.

En anglais simple : Someone refuses to help or behaves in a way that causes problems.

• Please stop being difficult.
• He can be difficult when tired.
• The staff handled a difficult customer calmly.

Comment l'utiliser : difficult to deal with (Some customers are difficult to deal with.)

Synonymes : uncooperative, troublesome

Contraires : cooperative

Expressions courantes : difficult customer, be difficult, difficult child