Empower B2 Unit 4 Vocabulary. Synonyms to the word “Difficult”

Choose the correct word to make a collocation.

_______ journey

• arduous

• strict

• heavy

Choose the correct word to make a collocation.

_______ testing

• arduous

• strict

• rigorous

Choose the correct word to make a collocation.

_______ discipline

• tough

• strict

• arduous

Choose the correct word to make a collocation.

_______ tough standards

• rigorous

• tricky

• tough

Choose the correct word to make a collocation.

_______ situation

• grueling

• tricky

• tough

Now it's a short dialogue.

Misha - What's it like to be a student of NSU?

Slava - It's really _____, much harder than I thought.

• straightforward

• tricky

• tough

The training is very _____

• rigorous

• awkward

• delicate

Alina - But you've finished all the training?

Slava - Not yet, actually. It's not so ______ to become a programmer.

• strict

• demanding

• straightforward

• arduous

First, there's that _____ study schedule, ...

• grueling

• tricky

• ardous

• challenge

... and then a _____ Math test to do at the end.

• punishing

• tricky

• ardous

• challenge