| English | Russian |
| have a hard / rough time | приходиться туго (Tetiana Diakova) |
| have a hard time | едва (I had a hard time finding where you live 4uzhoj) |
| have a hard time | кому-либо трудно (+ gerund; example provided by ART Vancouver: I get James dressed in his hockey equipment because he has a hard time getting in on himself. – ему самому трудно надеть доспехи) |
| have a hard time | пыхтеть (with) |
| have a hard time | пропыхтеть (with) |
| have a hard time | еле (I had a hard time finding where you live 4uzhoj) |
| have a hard time | кому-либо тяжело (+ gerund; example provided by ART Vancouver: My father-in-law has a hard time climbing the stairs after his hip surgery. – тяжело подниматься по лестнице...) |
| have a hard time | с трудом (doing something: 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 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) |
| 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) |
