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A common error of Iranian people (and possibly other people too) speaking English is to say things like, "People are easy to get tired" or, "Recent graduates are hard to find a good job."

People cannot be "easy" or "hard" (difficult). Those sentences should be:

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a) "People easily get tired"

or
b) "It's easy for people to get tired"

and

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a) Recent graduates find it hard to find a good job.
or
b) It's hard for recent graduates to find a good job.
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Some people think "hardly" can be used for this meaning but that is another error. For example, "Recent graduates are hardly to find a good job" is not correct.

"Hardly" is not really related to "hard" (= difficult). "Hardly" means "almost not at all" For example, "Please speak louder. I can hardly hear you." That means, "I almost can't hear you at all."

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