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    Good question! A position is "hard-to-fill" when it is difficult to find a person for the job. This could either be because 1) the job is not desirable or 2) because they need a very special person to fit the job perfectly. For example, perhaps the caretaker for a hive of man-killing bees would be a hard-to-fill position (...because no one wants to apply and get killed by bees!) On the other hand, a senior biotech engineering job might also be hard-to-fill (...because it requires a very special set of skills that only a few people possess.) Best of luck with your studies!
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    January 23, 2018
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    Also, you would want to say... "How are toughness and hardness different?" or "What is the difference between toughness and hardness?" Cheers, and best of luck with your studies!
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    January 22, 2018
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    ^ Excellent answer! It is also possible for them to be synonyms (aka: have the same meaning) in normal conversation. In these instances they have a similar meaning to the words "difficult" or "challenging." Examples: "Football practice was hard today." = "Football practice was tough today." = "Football practice was difficult today." = "Football practice was challenging today." The opposite of all these words (hard, tough, difficult, challenging) = "easy"
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    January 22, 2018
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    If you scroll down to the bottom of this article it has eight practical tips : ) https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-irregular-verbs/ Beyond that, I would say the best way is to talk with native English speakers, listen for how they use different verbs and ask people to correct you if/when you use them incorrectly. When possible, learning through conversational practice is both more interesting and more effective than sitting down to memorize a massive chart of irregular verbs ; )
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    January 20, 2018
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    Great work discovering this neat word! The comments above are on point! (*on point* and *right on* are casual ways of saying "correct" or "good") As another note on sentence #3, people would not say something/someone "suddenly strayed" because straying gives off the feeling that it happens gradually. So you could say "many cows suddenly escaped onto our land" or "many cows strayed onto our land." Another example is a mom talking to a child, "Don't stray too far from the house before it gets dark!"
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    January 20, 2018
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    Hi there! One trick for the second part of this sentence is that whenever you see the word "keep" you know that it involves something continuous; "to keep" is another way of saying "to continue." That means you want to follow it with a verb that is also *present* (currently happening) and *continuous,* which in most cases will be a verb ending in --ing. "...so viewers concentrated on the center because it is difficult to keep moving ones eyes to the edges and the back."
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    January 20, 2018
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    Hello there! Good question. In this context, "be held" does have the same meaning as "happen/take place/occur." There is only a slight difference in usage... "What time is the party going to happen" is more informal then "When is the party going to take place/occur/be held." So use "happen" amongst friends and family, and perhaps use the others in professional settings. Other example: "The jewels will be held at Singham Palace until future notice."
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    January 20, 2018
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