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Difficult words to learn? Bad luck! (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

hard lines

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'bad luck' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'difficult words' is the wordplay.
'difficult' becomes 'hard' ('hard' can be a synonym of 'difficult').
'words' becomes 'lines' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hard'+'lines'='HARD LINES'

'to learn?' is the link.
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(Other definitions for hard lines that I've seen before include "Tough" , "Script full of tongue-twisters?" , "Bad luck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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