I.
noun
1 fight
ADJECTIVE
▪ epic , great , life-and-death , titanic
▪ bitter , desperate , fierce , heroic , violent
▪
There were the sounds of a desperate ~.
▪ continuing , ongoing
▪ protracted
▪ unequal ( esp. BrE )
▪ armed
▪
The group supported the armed ~ against the dictator.
▪ class , internecine
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Marx wrote about the class ~.
▪ inner , internal
▪
The author illustrates the inner ~s of this complicated woman.
▪
The party is locked in an internal ~.
▪ economic , ideological , leadership , liberation , political , power , revolutionary
VERB + STRUGGLE
▪ begin , end
▪ join , take up
▪
They took up the ~ against racism.
▪ carry on , wage
▪ be engaged in , be locked in
▪
species engaged in a life-or-death ~ with the environment
▪ lead
▪ lose , win
▪ put up
▪
If someone snatched your bag, would you put up a ~?
STRUGGLE + VERB
▪ ensue , take place
▪ continue , go on
▪ intensify
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
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One of the guards was hurt in the ~.
▪ without a ~
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She won't give up without a ~.
▪ ~ against
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the ~ against oppression
▪ ~ between
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the ~ between good and evil
▪ ~ for
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the long ~ for democracy
▪ ~ over
▪
a ~ over the property
▪ ~ with
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He was involved in a ~ with the police.
PHRASES
▪ a sign of a ~
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The police said that there was no sign of a ~ by the murder victim.
▪ years of ~
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After 150 years of ~ against colonial rule, the country won its independence.
2 great effort
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , hard , real , uphill
▪
It will be an uphill ~ to maintain exports at the current level.
▪ long
▪ ceaseless , constant , daily , endless
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the daily ~ for survival
VERB + STRUGGLE
▪ face , have
▪
We had a real ~ to get everything into the suitcase.
▪ give up
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I've given up the ~ to keep my house clean.
PHRASES
▪ a bit of a ~
▪
It was a bit of a ~ for me to get there so early.
II.
verb
1 try very hard to do sth
ADVERB
▪ desperately , hard , manfully , mightily ( esp. AmE ), painfully , valiantly
▪
He ~d desperately to get to the shore.
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He ~d hard to keep the boat upright.
▪ a little
▪ constantly
▪ on
▪
She ~d on despite the pain.
VERB + STRUGGLE
▪ have to
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
The small boat ~d against the waves.
▪ along , down , up
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They ~d up the hill.
▪ for
▪
Shona ~d for breath.
▪ through
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The family ~d through the next few years.
PHRASES
▪ ~ to your feet
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She ~d to her feet and set off after him.
2 have great difficulties
ADVERB
▪ badly
▪
The team ~d badly last season.
▪ really
▪
He was really struggling in geometry.
▪ clearly , obviously
▪ financially
▪
I was unemployed and struggling financially.
▪ defensively ( esp. AmE ), offensively ( AmE ) ( both sports )
PREPOSITION
▪ through , with
▪
I'm really struggling with this essay.
PHRASES
▪ ~ to make ends meet
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For years, she ~d to make ends meet.
3 fight sb/try to get away from sb
ADVERB
▪ fiercely , furiously , violently
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She ~d furiously but could not get away.
▪ together
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Ben and Jack ~d together on the grass.
PREPOSITION
▪ against
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She ~d against her attacker.
▪ with
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He was hit in the mouth as he ~d with the raiders.
PHRASES
▪ ~ free
▪
The attacker's victim managed to ~ free.
Struggle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ country , ↑ economy , ↑ industry , ↑ side