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  • 1struggle — Ⅰ. struggle UK US /ˈstrʌgl/ noun [C] ► a hard effort or fight to do or get something: a struggle for sth »There was a struggle for control of the company. a struggle against sth »The struggle against drugs took up much of the police s time and… …

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  • 2Hard-Fi — at the 2006 Hurricane Festival in Germany Background information Origin Staines, Surrey, England …

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  • 3struggle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 fight ADJECTIVE ▪ epic, great, life and death, titanic ▪ bitter, desperate, fierce, heroic, violent …

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  • 4struggle — strug|gle1 [ strʌgl ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) to try hard to do something that you find very difficult: He struggled a little at first, but he reads well now. struggle for: Andy was coughing and struggling for breath. struggle with: They ve had …

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  • 5struggle */*/ — I UK [ˈstrʌɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms struggle : present tense I/you/we/they struggle he/she/it struggles present participle struggling past tense struggled past participle struggled 1) to try hard to do something that you find… …

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  • 6struggle — strug|gle1 [ˈstrʌgəl] v 1.) to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult struggle to do sth ▪ She s struggling to bring up a family alone. struggle with ▪ The airline is struggling with high costs. struggle for ▪… …

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  • 7struggle*/ — [ˈstrʌg(ə)l] verb [I] I 1) to try hard to do something that is very difficult She was struggling to cope with her work.[/ex] a documentary about this species and its struggle for survival[/ex] 2) to try very hard to defeat someone or stop them… …

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  • 8struggle — [[t]strʌ̱g(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ struggles, struggling, struggled 1) VERB If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. [V prep] They had to struggle against all… …

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  • 9hard — /had / (say hahd) adjective 1. solid and firm to the touch; not soft. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task. 4. difficult or troublesome with respect to an action specified:… …

  • 10struggle — [n] hard try; fight to win attempt, battle, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, effort, encounter, endeavor, essay, exertion, free for all*, grind, hassle, jam, jump, labor, long haul*, pains*, roughhouse*, row, scramble, set to*, skirmish,… …

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