- hard-boiled (Of person)
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hard-boiled (Of person)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland und das Ende der Welt — (jap. 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド Sekai no owari to Hādoboirudo Wandārando) ist ein phantastischer Roman des japanischen Schriftstellers Haruki Murakami aus dem Jahr 1985. Er spielt zugleich in einem grotesk geschilderten Tokio der Gegenwart, genannt… … Deutsch Wikipedia
hard-boiled — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an egg) boiled until solid. 2) (of a person) tough and cynical … English terms dictionary
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hard-boiled — informal a hard boiled person behaves as if they have no emotions. Bogart plays the hard boiled detective that women find irresistibly attractive. (always before noun) … New idioms dictionary
hard-boiled — /ˈhad bɔɪld/ (say hahd boyld) adjective 1. boiled until hard, as an egg. 2. Colloquial hardened by experience: a hard boiled person. 3. Colloquial rough or tough. {in figurative use, US (1880s) …
hard-boiled — adjective 1》 (of an egg) boiled until solid. 2》 (of a person) tough and cynical. ↘denoting a tough, realistic style of detective fiction … English new terms dictionary
hard — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) firm and solid; unyielding to pressure; not easily cut. 2 a difficult to understand or explain (a hard problem). b difficult to accomplish (a hard decision). c (foll. by to + infin.) not… … Useful english dictionary
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