The phrase "a difficult task after" is not complete and lacks context, making it unclear in written English.
It could be used in a sentence where you are referring to a challenging task that follows another event or action.
Example: "Completing the project was a difficult task after the unexpected changes in requirements."
Alternatives: "a challenging task following" or "a tough job after".
We left ourselves with a difficult task after the first leg but we came through the test with flying colours and we are excited about the next round".
The Bluebirds were already facing a difficult task after losing 2-0 in the first leg and goals from Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Vaz Te and Nicky Maynard secured West Ham's place in the final.
Katniss is faced with a difficult task after the reaping.
The Napoleonic Wars with France made this a difficult task, after Napoleon imposed the Continental System, which forbade his allies and conquests to trade with Britain.
It only takes a minute to absorb the lesson that getting water is a difficult task, and after this there isn't much to motivate me to continue in this task.
Explaining Will Ferrell's new IFC miniseries "The Spoils of Babylon" is a difficult task, but after watching the first trailer, we have a feeling you're going to be very, very excited.
Concerning abundance data, while the squid-vibrio system allows much greater resolution of the initiation process than vertebrate models, enumerating bacteria at different locations within live animals still is a difficult task, especially after the bacteria get further into host tissue (e.g., through the pores and into the ducts and antechamber).
Saunders faces a difficult task in succeeding Cook after he guided Chesterfield to the League Two title and a sixth-placed finish in League One in his two full seasons in charge.
— Mostafa Hussein (@moftasa) 14 Jun 12 The military's effort to excite the population about the election — perhaps a more difficult task after the dissolution of the recently elected Parliament — has led some Egyptian activists to start a campaign urging a complete boycott, to deny the new president the seal of popular legitimacy.
Cardiff manager Russell Slade faces a difficult task trying to rebuild the squad after his predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's lesson in "how not to manage a club".
RO-DBT teaches patients to go opposite to bitterness by increasing pro-social behavior, such as practicing giving help/praise and receiving help/praise from others, celebrating successes, resting after completing a difficult task, practicing random acts of kindness and thankfulness for what one has.
