Roa in english
Roa
pronunciation: roʊə part of speech: noun
pronunciation: roʊə part of speech: noun
In gestures
roer = gnaw (at) ; eat into.
Example: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.Example: As termites begin to eat into wood structures, the weakened structure of the wood will cause floors to creak with more frequency.more:
» hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle ; tough nut to crack ; hard nut to crack .
Example: While I have received rave reviews for these courses I teach, I have an uphill struggle to fill them. Example: Sudan's oil sector proves a hard nut to crack. Example: Realizing that the UK market was a very hard nut to crack he moved to Switzerland which was a safer bet but it also took him time.» hueso duro (de roer) = tough cookie ; tough nut .
Example: Tough cookies usually get what they want because they refuse to compromise or give up. Example: Getting a car loan has never been a tough nut for the residents of UK.» roer poco a poco = eat away at .
Example: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.» ser un hueso duro de roer = be a tough cookie .
Example: Wendy is such a tough cookie -- even though she had cancer, it would not have been within her character to just let the disease take over.