hoc opus, hic labor est
Latin quotation from Virgil
hoc opus, hic la·bor est
hōk-ˈȯ-ˌpu̇s ˌhēk-ˈlä-ˌbȯr-ˈest 
: this is the task, this is the hard work : this is the hard part
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