hurdle

/ˈhɜːdl/ noun [C]

Translation

FENCE › a bar or fence that people or horses jump over in a race

(at yarışı) engel, mania

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PROBLEM › a problem or difficulty that you have to deal with in order to be able to make progress

zorluk, sorun, engel, güçlük, zahmet

Getting a work permit was the first hurdle to overcome.1785

(Definition of hurdle noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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