ラジオ英会話 難易⓵~を伝える
・I tried reading it once but gave up. ~してみた
I tried to read it, but I had no time. (これから)~しようとした
・It does take time.
Words&Phrases
・I thought you liked reading paper books, not e-books.
・It's a massive book.
Key Sentence: It's hard to find time to read books.
▶It's easy/tough/difficult to do that.
▶It's a breeze/an ordeal/a struggle/rough to do that.
・breeze とっても簡単
▶My boss is hard 〔tough〕 to satisfy.
My boss is easy to satisfy.
▶That is a hard nut to crack.それは難問ですね。
That is a tough one.
That is no walk in the park.
・walk in the park 「たやすいこと」;それはまったく簡単ではありません。
That is no easy task/thing.
1)His lectures are hard to follow.
2)Be careful driving over there. The roads are confusing, so it's easy to get lost.
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