Related Clues:

• Prolonged suffering, difficult to endure
• A difficult and harrowing experience
• A difficult or harrowing time
• Severe or trying experience
• A tough and testing time
• Painful experience
• Difficult or arduous experience
• Difficult experience that tests endurance
• Difficult and painful experience
• A tough time or hardship
• Testing experience
• Unpleasant and prolonged experience
• You may endure this or give a hand with it
• Bear it or give a hand with it
• One might have to bear the alternative to soft wood for this