C'était difficile.
It was hard.
C'était difficile à croire.
It was hard to believe.
Mais qu'est-ce que c'était difficile !
But how difficult that was!
C'était difficile pour lui d'arrêter de travailler.
It was hard for him to stop working.
Comme c'était difficile, évidemment, on a trouvé la parade: c'est l'impôt.
But, of course, that was too difficult so we have found the magic answer: taxation.
C'était difficile, notamment à cause des rapports de plus en plus complexes avec la Russie.
It was difficult, particularly because of our ever more complex relations with Russia.
Mon pays, la Slovénie, est devenu membre de l'UE non pas parce que cela était facile mais parce que c'était difficile à obtenir.
My country, Slovenia, became an EU member not because it was easy, but because it was difficult.
Même si c'était difficile de le faire maintenant, dans le futur, nous nous dirigerons vers l'enregistrement obligatoire des lobbyistes.
Even if it would be difficult to do it now, in the future we shall move towards mandatory registration for lobbyists.
Si, à un moment de tous vos discours, vous aviez été capable de nous montrer une petite contradiction, si vous aviez dit: «C’est vrai que j’ai pris cette décision, mais c’était difficile!
If, for one moment during all your speeches, you had found it in you to show us some small change of heart; if you had said: ‘Yes, it is true that I took that decision, but it was a difficult one.
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