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be heavy going |
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be heavy going 1. if something, especially something you read, is heavy going, it is not easy or enjoyable. The first half of the novel is rather heavy going, but don't give up. 2. if someone is heavy going, they are boring. Please don't make me sit next to Dennis at the party. I find him really heavy going. |
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Contemplating the void can be heavy going, but laughing at the nonsense of life is in a way a profound choice that Kampic deftly encourages us to make. The prose can be heavy going, with many complex, almost Germanic sentences that tax the reader unnecessarily (e. They patrol the streets to make sure that women like Sanaz (a student in Nafisi's class) wear their veils properly, do not wear makeup, do not walk in public with men who are not their fathers, brothers or husbands" The literature Nafisi and her students read offers a nimble vehicle for negotiating terrain that can be heavy going. |
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