"avoir du mal" meaning in French

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  "pos": "verb",
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          "english": "I'm having difficulty closing the door.",
          "text": "J’ai du mal à fermer la porte.",
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        {
          "english": "He's having a hard time understanding her.",
          "text": "Il a du mal à la comprendre.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I have trouble concentrating when there is a lot of noise.",
          "text": "J’ai du mal à me concentrer quand il y a beaucoup de bruit."
        },
        {
          "english": "They have a hard time finding a good restaurant in this area.",
          "text": "Ils ont du mal à trouver un bon restaurant dans ce quartier."
        },
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          "ref": "2019, Christine Genet, Estelle Wallon, Psychothérapie de l'attachement:",
          "text": "Si tu réponds « non » à ces questions, on peut penser que ça peut être difficile pour toi de trouver des solutions qui te permettent de te sentir mieux. Tu peux parfois avoir du mal à être curieux, à aller vers les autres, à arrêter tes colères ou à oublier la tristesse.",
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        "to have a hard time, to have difficulty"
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          "hard time",
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          "difficulty",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to have a hard time, to have difficulty"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "avoir de la misère"
        },
        {
          "word": "éprouver de la difficulté à"
        },
        {
          "word": "avoir de la difficulté à"
        },
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          "word": "trouver de la difficulté à"
        }
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  "word": "avoir du mal"
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          "english": "I'm having difficulty closing the door.",
          "text": "J’ai du mal à fermer la porte.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "He's having a hard time understanding her.",
          "text": "Il a du mal à la comprendre.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I have trouble concentrating when there is a lot of noise.",
          "text": "J’ai du mal à me concentrer quand il y a beaucoup de bruit."
        },
        {
          "english": "They have a hard time finding a good restaurant in this area.",
          "text": "Ils ont du mal à trouver un bon restaurant dans ce quartier."
        },
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          "ref": "2019, Christine Genet, Estelle Wallon, Psychothérapie de l'attachement:",
          "text": "Si tu réponds « non » à ces questions, on peut penser que ça peut être difficile pour toi de trouver des solutions qui te permettent de te sentir mieux. Tu peux parfois avoir du mal à être curieux, à aller vers les autres, à arrêter tes colères ou à oublier la tristesse.",
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        "(informal) to have a hard time, to have difficulty"
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        {
          "word": "avoir de la misère"
        },
        {
          "word": "éprouver de la difficulté à"
        },
        {
          "word": "avoir de la difficulté à"
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        {
          "word": "trouver de la difficulté à"
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  "word": "avoir du mal"
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