The phrase "aware of the difficult" is not correct in English.
It seems to be missing a noun after "difficult" to complete the thought. You can use it in contexts where you want to express awareness of a challenging situation, but it needs to be rephrased for clarity.
Example: "I am aware of the difficult situation we are facing with the project deadlines."
Alternatives: "aware of the challenges" or "cognizant of the difficulties".
"Everyone is aware of the difficult economy now," he said.
Mr. Boehner is well aware of the difficult political situation he finds himself in.
"We are all keenly aware of the difficult circumstances that brought us to this moment," said Brown.
Torre said he was aware of the difficult adjustments Contreras had to make as someone new to the country.
Both male and female CEOs were well aware of the difficult trade-offs involved with having children.
It goes further – its president Sandie Keene said: "Directors everywhere are well aware of the difficult economic choices the country is facing and having to make.
Another foreign volunteer, Dean Parker, who has recently returned to the United States, said that almost all the volunteers had made the journey aware of the extremely difficult and dangerous conditions which they were entering.
Despite his ambitions for the game and its impact on the industry, Long is aware of how difficult the concept is to sell, and the likely problems with marketing to a sceptical player base.
"The tribe's elected leaders and its people are well aware of the gravity and difficult nature of these problems," the letter said, "particularly because we live with their consequences every day".
Even for those of us who were aware of the challenges and difficult decisions announced by Luther Seminary recently, it was stunning to read Libby Nelson's account last week, "The Struggling Seminaries," in Inside Higher Ed.
(male, term 2) At the beginning, they were not aware of the fact that difficult patient encounters were a part of the profession, but later on they realized that they will have to face such difficulties in the future and it became important to learn how to interact with patients and prepare for that.
