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Learn “Arduous

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Arduous

adjective/AR-joo-us/

Very hard and tiring, needing a lot of effort.

Learning a new language can be an arduous but rewarding task.

Arduous sounds like 'hard-you-us' — a job so hard it wears all of us out.

Use 'arduous' for long, exhausting tasks, not quick jobs that are merely tricky.