| English | Russian |
| give a hard time to | наезжать (tfennell) |
| had a hard time finding you | я вас еле-еле нашёл |
| have a hard time doing | испытывать трудности (With all the traffic noise, Mr. Packard had a hard time hearing the reporters' questions Tina Green) |
| have a hard time parting with something | жалко (Tanya Gesse) |
| have a hard time restraining oneself | с трудом сдерживаться (Those who were fluent in Hebrew, on the other hand, had a hard time restraining themselves. I found out later that what I had told the congregation, in contemporary Hebrew, was: ". . . but after all, you can't make an omelet without busting balls." 4uzhoj) |
| have a hard time with | хромать на обе ноги в (Наша дочка вообще хорошо учится, но в русском языке она хромает на обе ноги – Our daughter does well in school in general, but she is really having a hard time with Russian language classes (Michele Berdy)) |
| have a hard time with | не успевать по (какому-либо предмету) |
| he had a hard time during the Depression | он переживал трудные времена во время Великой Депрессии |
| he had a hard time keeping from laughing | он с трудом удерживался от смеха |
| he has had a hard time of it | ему пришлось нелегко |
| he has had a hard time of it | ему пришлось тяжело |
| he was having a hard time of it | ему приходилось туго |
| I expect you had a hard time finding this house | вам, вероятно, нелегко было найти этот дом |
| I have a hard time imagining | я с трудом представляю (Lyubov_Zubritskaya) |
| I have a hard time swallowing with this sore throat | у меня так болит горло, что мне трудно глотать |
| I have a hard time with | мне плохо даётся (Наша дочка вообще хорошо учится, но в русском языке она хромает на обе ноги (=этот предмет ей плохо дается) – Our daughter does well in school in general, but she is really having a hard time with Russian language classes. // mberdy.19) |
| she had a hard time finding her | ей было трудно найти её |
| she had a hard time with this problem | ей пришлось помучиться над этой задачей |
| the boy had a hard time making out the problem | мальчик долго не мог понять задачу |
| the boy had a hard time making out the problem | мальчик с большим трудом разобрался в задаче |
