curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-express-concerns/67c47f84bd8559586a7d87b2.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
Why does Maria think it will be difficult to finish the project one week earlier?
Because they don't have enough budget.
Maria does not mention budget problems.
Because the deadline has already changed before.
Maria does not talk about previous deadline changes.
Because the client keeps making new requests.
Maria does not say the client is adding new requests.
Because the team is already working hard.
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To work hard means to put in a lot of effort. Notice that the adverb for hard in this case is also hard, not hardly. To hardly work means to do almost no work at all, to make little to no effort, which is the opposite of what Maria is saying about the team. For example:
She hardly trained for the marathon. - This means she did not make any effort to be prepared for the marathon.
She trained hard for the marathon. - This means she put in a lot of effort to prepare.
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