I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a battle/clash/test of wills (= when two determined people oppose each other )
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Even the smallest decision could become an exhausting battle of wills.
a bitter battle/dispute
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There was a bitter battle over the building of the new airport.
a custody battle/dispute (= a legal argument about who will have custody )
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He is fighting a bitter custody battle for his children.
a desperate struggle/battle/fight
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The climbers faced a desperate struggle to reach safety.
a hard-fought battle/contest/game etc
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one of the most hard-fought games this season
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a hard-fought battle for the presidency
a war/battle/combat zone
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Planes were diverted to avoid flying over the war zone.
battle cruiser
battle cruiser
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a battle cruiser
battle cry
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‘Socialism Now!’ was their battle cry.
battle fatigue
battle/struggle against the odds (= work hard despite great difficulties )
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The Coastguard was battling against the odds to keep the oil spill from reaching the shore.
gun battle
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Two policemen were killed in a gun battle .
long-running dispute/battle/debate/feud etc
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She was involved in a long-running legal battle.
losing...battle
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Freddie died in 1982 after losing his battle against AIDS.
pitched battle
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a pitched battle between the rival groups
sb’s fight/struggle/battle for survival
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Their lives had been one long struggle for survival.
the ensuing battle/conflict/debate etc
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In the ensuing fighting, two students were killed.
turf war/battle (= a fight or argument over the areas or things you think belong to you )
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turf wars among government bureaucracies
wage a campaign/struggle/battle etc
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The council has waged a vigorous campaign against the proposal.
win a battle/war
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Who won the battle of Waterloo?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bitter
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Allen is involved in a bitter custody battle for his and Mia's three children.
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The agreement effectively ends a bitter legal battle in two states between Mrs Harriman and the heirs.
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They are now locked in a bitter custody battle over their three children.
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Third, he ran for president in 1988 and lost a bitter primary battle with George Bush.
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It would also help if he had been engaged in a much publicised and bitter battle with the Prime Minister.
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Simpson recently won full custody of the children from the Browns after a bitter court battle .
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The long-awaited report has been a key part of the couple's bitter custody battle .
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In the United States, an ever-more bitter battle had been fought around this issue since abortion was legalized in 1972.
desperate
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She kept up the desperate battle until another ambulance reached them near Hexham, Northumberland.
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World War I had been a desperate see-saw battle up till its closing days.
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He saw that all the company had dismounted, and were fighting a desperate battle against the pack that surrounded them.
fierce
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Suddenly, it dredges up ghosts weighted down and buried in haste after a fierce battle .
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He was a great horseman and he fed his horses human flesh to make them fierce in battle .
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During the ensuing months, a fierce battle was raged.
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Holtzman brought him down in a fierce primary battle that focused on his age.
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The fierce battle for Travnik was now over, the sources said.
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While Achilles stayed in his tent a fierce battle followed, the hardest yet fought.
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The requirement for large body size arises from the fierce battles between males for access to females.
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It is in their region, plus California, that Dole and Clinton probably will stage their fiercest battle for electoral votes.
great
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The Mullahs nest great battle with the Shah came over his White Revolution in the early 1960's.
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The two-day affair at Hampton Roads attracted worldwide attention and was destined for inclusion among the great naval battles history.
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He tells me of a great battle his ancestors fought near Lake Victoria.
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The casualties of the greatest battle in history would be as nothing, before the carnage that might start at any second.
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There was a great battle between Banba and myself.
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When the engine kicked in, there was a sweet roar like the opening barrage of a great battle .
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Joseph saw the wrestling day as one of his great sea battles .
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And how does the Persian Gulf War rate as one of the great battles of all time?
legal
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The ruling came at the end of a five-year legal battle between a divorced couple that cost £840,000.
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Raines retained Abner Burnett of Midland, and the two squared off for a legal battle .
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They are also waging a legal battle to try to re-establish traditional communal rights on the mountainside.
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The agreement effectively ends a bitter legal battle in two states between Mrs Harriman and the heirs.
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However, after a prolonged legal battle , Fleiss said she is ready to end her standoff with state authorities.
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In 1236, following a long legal battle , he secured visitation rights over the monks of Coventry.
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The developer, in turn, sued the city and Pilachowski, setting off a lengthy legal battle .
long
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Shire difficulty became sheer impossibility after a months long battle to deselect David Abrahams, the previous candidate.
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But Thursday, the long battle finally ended.
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The 61-year-old electrician died on Monday night after losing a long battle against cancer.
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Scientology has fought long battles for legal acceptance as a religion and has succeeded in many countries, including the United States.
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Rehnquist confronted it himself when his wife, Natalie, died in 1991 after a long battle with ovarian cancer.
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After a long battle with the local council, she was finally taken to court and fined £800.
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Their long battle of need and rejection had finally come to a head.
major
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Here, in a major battle , two factors were emphasised.
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A major battle must be fought to get rid of it.
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His hair was the one major battle that Jazz had failed to win with his parents.
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It was a really major battle .
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Certainly, the Treasury was to be a major battle ground between contending philosophies.
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A mere seventy air-miles or so away, a major battle was being conducted in the province of Phuoc Long.
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It is to emphasise that Papert is fighting major battles over the nature of the relationship between computers and education.
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This initiative caused a major battle within the team.
pitched
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After a pitched battle , no less than 29 of the gang were arrested.
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There were pitched battles , so they lay in wait for you.
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They must fight pitched battles , and fight in a body; and they must begin fighting as far forward as possible.
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But if it came to a pitched battle , the phalanx of heavily armed, well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon.
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There followed a pitched battle at a bridge across the Dnestr river leading into the town.
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It is surprising, therefore, how seldom armies joined in pitched battle in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
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The scene was all set for a pitched battle .
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There are few archers or hand gunners who can stand against decent combat troops in a pitched battle .
political
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Some of us even enjoy the political battles , provided we win a few.
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Here the political gender battle is reversed.
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But it may be only the beginning as the political battle over welfare reform is about to be joined.
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The repairs debacle has become a political battle symbolising the party's awkward relationship to its own supporters.
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South Carolina was an epic political battle , and Bush won it well.
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Truman, who particularly relished a political battle when he was the underdog, fought back.
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The hard-liners have not vanished, and the political battles ahead will be intense.
running
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I was not told, when we left, that I should have to fight a running battle with four hundred horsemen.
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As well as his running battle with Monkou, he left stud marks on defender Richard Hall.
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Pope and he kept up a running literary battle .
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In the resulting confrontation several hundred Mohawks armed with clubs and guns fought running battles with police.
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An even longer running battle was fought in the royal dockyards.
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GEC/Siemens raised their bid to £2 billion in August 1989 and this proved sufficient to end the long running battle .
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For years he had continued a running battle with producers and film companies whom he saw as the bad guys.
uphill
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Video-Taped report follows Voice over Oxford's uphill battle against relegation continues tomorrow at Barnsley.
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Strickland, a strong environmentalist, is in an uphill battle against Rep.
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Ordinary civility was an uphill battle for him.
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However, each parlor faces an uphill battle because the city hired a financial consulting firm to review the applications.
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While critics of his decision gained momentum Thursday, the record shows they face an uphill battle .
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Dole faces an uphill battle in the state-by-state electoral vote battle.
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But getting those messages to women may be an uphill battle .
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Fencing: The team epee competition begins but the United States faces an uphill battle .
■ NOUN
budget
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He would talk about what is going on in the budget battle , what is going on in the Medicare debate.
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Now, however, the Clinton administration does not have the funds due to its budget battle with the Republican-controlled Congress.
court
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His government collapsed, and he has spent six years fighting-and winning-\#court battles , often on technicalities.
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And an expensive court battle will drag on for years; and, whatever the out-come, the owner loses.
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He gave her specialist child custody advice and helped her win legal aid for her court battle .
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Flood never enjoyed the freedom he sought in baseball, but his efforts paved the way for other court battles .
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Why did Angela Smith's wedding day turn into a ding-dong court battle ? 12.
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Simpson recently won full custody of the children from the Browns after a bitter court battle .
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The court battle would drag on for years, long after Groucho was dead.
cry
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His battle cry was echoed by Baal and Set, as they hurtled forward in his wake.
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We are springing to the call of our brothers gone before, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom.
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She heard his cry , perhaps the battle cry of his northern forefathers when they prepared to attack.
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And we bear the glorious stars for the Union and the right, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom!
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The new battle cry was: Year-Round Casual.
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Their battle cry at the moment is: To know synchronized swimming is to love synchronized swimming.
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Her parting gesture, almost a battle cry .
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They let off a battle cry .
custody
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Allen is involved in a bitter custody battle for his and Mia's three children.
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On all sides of the debate, experts agree that children have already lost as soon as a custody battle begins.
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They are now locked in a bitter custody battle over their three children.
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And he never mentioned the custody battle for his two young children that recently ended.
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The long-awaited report has been a key part of the couple's bitter custody battle .
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So was the custody battle over her children.
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In a custody battle she would naturally be awarded the boy.
gun
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Seven police officers were injured in a gun battle .
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But none of that happened without running gun battles with the centralizers in Washington.
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On April 28 eight people died and more than 20 were injured in a gun battle in the village of Troitskaya.
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After 10 days of gun battles , Federal troops were called out to quell the violence.
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In the gun battle that followed all the rebels were shot dead except one-17-year-old Bhagwati Chaudhary.
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His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle .
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Khosana was shot dead in an ensuing gun battle with Ciskeian troops.
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Last Sunday 22 people died and 52 were injured in gun battles and by landmines in the state.
lines
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The battle lines , it seemed, had already been drawn.
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The battle lines are not at all clear: a competitor may also be an alliance partner.
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The battle lines over animal research are being drawn in California.
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In local news, the battle lines between rival news operations are being blurred even more.
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In December the Red Cross persuaded both sides to allow it to cross their battle lines .
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He notes battle lines are being drawn in the foothills of the Tortolita Mountains, just north of Tucson.
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The battle lines have been drawn.
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Pete Wilson yesterday, drawing a strongly worded veto but defining the battle lines after months of debate and anguished decisions.
scene
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How to convey the battle scene posed a problem.
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Lawrence were now making their way from Fort Monroe toward the battle scene .
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He and his co-stars describe how scary it was filming the battle scenes in their new movie.
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But be warned: The battle scenes are as fierce and brutal as the reality of bladed warfare.
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Life size models of the medieval lords, and a dramatic civil war battle scene , are just some of the attractions.
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The streets were busy but seemed far removed from the battle scene across the river.
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Growing in the most sinister manner, it is embedded in a battle scene taking place across the River Nile.
zone
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Below us was the battle zone , 464 square miles of urban decay, whose every street was a border to some one.
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Voice over More recently the Hercules has again headed for a battle zone .
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For two hours, they're packed together as the Hercules fly low above the make believe battle zone .
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Migrants flocking in panic from the battle zone provided a useful veil of confusion.
■ VERB
engage
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At least 200 rebels, massed towards Gifunzo in Rutana Province, were engaged in battle .
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Our country is engaged in a pitched battle in a fiercely competitive commercial world.
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They explain that the patient is engaged in a legal battle with his brother over some land.
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Police and demonstrators regularly engage in running battles near Mr Suharto's home in central Jakarta.
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Earlier in the day, warriors will engage in mock battle .
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Across the table from Kelly, Annie and Bill were engaged in a silent battle of wills.
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My feelings and my thoughts were engaged in a battle royal inside me.
face
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But now they face a battle to save another from being stripped of trees for a paper and pulp mill.
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However, each parlor faces an uphill battle because the city hired a financial consulting firm to review the applications.
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The spread was helped by the Army since the idea appealed to soldiers facing possible death in battle .
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Kopp said he faced an uphill battle in winning approval for the bill.
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But now Reynolds faces a new battle to force the sport's rulers to hand over the £18.5 million.
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Dole faces an uphill battle in the state-by-state electoral vote battle.
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Read in studio Jaguar is facing a High Court battle over cancelled orders for its new supercar.
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Beck now faced a second battle .
fight
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But above all we are determined and able to fight battles .
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She has a talent for playing modern women who must find the inner strength to fight their own battles .
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No one wants to end up fighting a patent battle in court because financially only the lawyers win.
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Weight remains a sensitive issue for Engler, who is constantly fighting a sometimes serious battle of the bulge.
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We invaded Ireland and fought our own battles there.
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Scientology has fought long battles for legal acceptance as a religion and has succeeded in many countries, including the United States.
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Or was it to organise workpeople to fight the most immediate battles ?
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It is not we who have to fight the battle for spiritual progress, as it were.
join
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The romantic novelist Dame Barbara Cartland has joined the battle to save an eleventh century abbey.
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Upon seeing what has become of his homeland and her people, Diego joins the battle for liberty and justice.
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As I was soon to find, he was a man you could like even when you were joined in battle with him.
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He went to join the battle and, all unskilled in warfare, he was killed at once.
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A nationalist militia, the Mai Mai, has also joined battle with both sides.
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He could have joined battle , lost, and opted for some face-saving rapprochement.
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He would join in battle or in love so closely with a human that a link was established that worked both ways.
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Last week, an opposing group of retired officers joined the battle on the side of the Pentagon.
kill
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Secondly, James may have been killed either before the battle or at its beginning.
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Between 14 and 16 July twenty-two people were killed in the battles between blacks, the police, and the National Guard.
lead
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A career soldier, he had died leading his men into battle at Spion Kop during the Boer War.
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There are numerous examples of kings themselves leading in battle .
lock
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Last year, when his party was in opposition and locked in a leadership battle , 60% of its supporters voted No.
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Budapest Week is now locked in a circulation battle with the new weekly broadsheet, the Budapest Post.
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Lomb has been locked in a fierce battle with Johnson&038;.
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For more than a year now Mr Kohl has been locked in a battle to rescue his battered reputation for posterity.
lose
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This was like a general who had lost a battle or some important territory being disciplined or shot.
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In 1986, Lynott lost the battle and passed on.
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Although already gravely ill, she posed for this graduation picture just days before losing her battle against cancer.
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Third, he ran for president in 1988 and lost a bitter primary battle with George Bush.
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The 61-year-old electrician died on Monday night after losing a long battle against cancer.
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It may be, in the long run, more productive to lose the battle but win the war.
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The govern ment has lost the battle for the hearts and minds of the people.
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Had Roosevelt not died, the Corps might well have lost the battle .
pitch
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There was a pitched battle here a few hours ago, but soldiers are nowhere in sight now.
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I had expected rage, flying pupusas, a pitched battle .
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For three weeks he witnessed pitched battles between gendarmes and young demonstrators in the streets of Tizi-Ouzou.
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She so much wanted to avoid another pitched battle with her son.
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There were once pitched battles and riotous football matches between colliers and tradesmen around the turn of the last century.
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The month before, the Metropolitans had fought a pitched battle with their rivals for control of City Hall.
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He describes how he killed two young workers taken prisoner in a pitched battle inside a factory workshop.
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Our country is engaged in a pitched battle in a fiercely competitive commercial world.
prepare
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In the yard, the protagonists were preparing for battle .
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Concurrently, adrenaline-related substances are at work, increasing your heart rate and constricting your arteries to prepare you for battle .
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Every general has his own method for preparing his troops for battle and I am no exception.
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Front-line troops were prepared for battle .
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Mr Scargill urged the miners to prepare for battle: they must stand firm over their wage claim.
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The two opposing forces around Guanajuato prepared for battle .
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When the Night Goblins prepare for battle they brew huge quantities of fungus beer to bolster their courage.
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They dash across the road and prepare for battle .
wage
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Pasok denied yesterday it was waging a battle on two fronts.
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They waged a battle , and we waged a skirmish, and they won.
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Bernard would lie awake for hours waging his nightly battle with carnality, slapping it down, groaning.
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Both sides say that thousands of Californians have joined grass-roots groups that are waging the battle over the initiative.
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But women beyond the West were also waging another kind of battle: against colonialism and for independence.
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But they were also deeply different and waged frequent verbal battles .
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They are also waging a legal battle to try to re-establish traditional communal rights on the mountainside.
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Who remains to wage the battles and to sound the trumpets?
win
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The Treasury-tight-knit, secretive, ferociously intelligent-is winning the battle .
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When we beat them, we won the turnover battle .
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These arguments win only half the battle .
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Hicks won a battle for a loose puck from two Sharks.
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They did not understand the nature of honour or how to win glory in battle .
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High Elf mages are mighty spell casters whose fiery blasts and awesome energies have won many a battle .
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George Westinghouse had clearly won the battle of the currents.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an uphill struggle/battle/task etc
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However, each parlor faces an uphill battle because the city hired a financial consulting firm to review the applications.
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It proved to be an uphill struggle, and was far from successful.
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Kopp said he faced an uphill battle in winning approval for the bill.
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Rehabilitation will be an uphill struggle.
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Smith said gay-rights advocates still believe they are fighting an uphill battle in opposing the bill.
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Unless you have a goal your learning will be an uphill struggle.
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Voice over Police are hoping to trace original owners but admit it's an uphill task.
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While critics of his decision gained momentum Thursday, the record shows they face an uphill battle.
be half the battle
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And as the Reidys said, finding a family-friendly company is half the battle.
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Media mavens contend that the visual comparison of the two men side by side is half the battle.
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Relishing the state is half the battle towards a good life, for everyone.
be locked in battle/combat/dispute etc
fight a losing battle
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And yet despite all this the pounds were creeping up on us and we seemed to be fighting a losing battle.
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Even with the addition of the Morning Post to the publishing empire in 1924, Die-hard journalism was fighting a losing battle.
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For most of these people they were fighting a losing battle.
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He tried hard to do this, but he was fighting a losing battle here against the rising tide of papal authority.
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The 84-year-old Oscar-winner has been fighting a losing battle against failing sight for the past year.
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The windscreen wipers sounded asthmatic, fighting a losing battle against the insistent rain.
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Under the present conditions of economic recession, regional policies are fighting a losing battle.
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Why couldn't she see she was fighting a losing battle?
fight your own battles
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She has a talent for playing modern women who must find the inner strength to fight their own battles.
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Surely it is better for the townsfolk themselves to develop the necessary skills to fight their own battles?
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We invaded Ireland and fought our own battles there.
join battle
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A nationalist militia, the Mai Mai, has also joined battle with both sides.
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He could have joined battle, lost, and opted for some face-saving rapprochement.
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It would certainly distract the attention of the powerful commercial groups that are about to join battle over cable television networks.
race/work/battle against time
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But his parents are faced with a desperate race against time to raise the money necessary for his treatment.
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For the cartoonists, it's a daily battle against time , to create work that captures the imagination.
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However, with the contract negotiations starting, Lipton and others know that they are fighting a battle against time .
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It is a race against time .
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It looks as if my whole life is a race against time .
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Now it is a race against time to rebuild it before high spring ties later this month.
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The picture which became the cover shot, of the Rollright Stones, was a particular race against time .
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They face a race against time as fears grow over the health of the whales and the possibility of their becoming beached.
running battle/joke
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A man whose name is so synonymous with a suntan that it is a running joke in Doonesbury?
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An even longer running battle was fought in the royal dockyards.
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As well as his running battle with Monkou, he left stud marks on defender Richard Hall.
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I was not told, when we left, that I should have to fight a running battle with four hundred horsemen.
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In the resulting confrontation several hundred Mohawks armed with clubs and guns fought running battles with police.
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Police and demonstrators regularly engage in running battles near Mr Suharto's home in central Jakarta.
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The fighters quickly pursued them and eventually shot down every one in a running battle.
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They saw graffiti on important public memorials and they saw running battles with the police.
the Battle of Waterloo
the field (of battle)
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Civilians walked miles to villages away from the field of battle.
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He was awarded a medal for distinguished service in the field .
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It is better to negotiate than to settle political disputes on the field of battle.
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The new weapon has not yet been tried out in the field .
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It no more lies within the field of morals than does a cross-word puzzle.
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Policemen were equipped with self-loading rifles, jeeps and even armoured tractors to chase militants into the fields .
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Punches are being thrown, instruments are flying, and the field is littered with funny hats.
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Rice dresses immaculately and stylishly at all times, on the field and off.
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She had indeed shown little interest in the fields her great-aunt had left, probably because he had the use of them.
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That was the hardest part, using the field sales information without making Wilkinson look bad.
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With a circular iris, the focus is maintained in both dimensions of the field of view.
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a battle between rival gangs
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a long and costly legal battle
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a naval battle in the North Sea
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About 200 students fought pitched battles with police during the demonstrations.
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He was killed in a street battle in 1998.
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King Olaf died in battle , in 1030.
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Lyndon Johnson first sent U.S. combat troops into battle in March 1965.
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The battle against racial discrimination is not over.
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the Battle of Bunker Hill
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the Battle of the Somme
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The French lost the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.
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The President is fully committed to the battle against the drug traffickers.
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They now have a good chance of winning the battle against violence and drugs in the community.
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Growing in the most sinister manner, it is embedded in a battle scene taking place across the River Nile.
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It has implied that where ideological commitments are involved a distinction may be made between relatively easy gestures and hard administrative battles.
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Jellicoe and his battle fleet were still well to the north.
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Now just kick the tyres, light the fires and leap off unarmed into battle .
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Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean overruns the globe.
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She loved the chase and the battle and her freedom.
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So the Task Force sped on toward its goal, every ship now tense and ready for battle .
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This was like a general who had lost a battle or some important territory being disciplined or shot.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an uphill struggle/battle/task etc
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However, each parlor faces an uphill battle because the city hired a financial consulting firm to review the applications.
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It proved to be an uphill struggle, and was far from successful.
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Kopp said he faced an uphill battle in winning approval for the bill.
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Rehabilitation will be an uphill struggle.
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Smith said gay-rights advocates still believe they are fighting an uphill battle in opposing the bill.
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Unless you have a goal your learning will be an uphill struggle.
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Voice over Police are hoping to trace original owners but admit it's an uphill task.
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While critics of his decision gained momentum Thursday, the record shows they face an uphill battle.
be half the battle
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And as the Reidys said, finding a family-friendly company is half the battle.
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Media mavens contend that the visual comparison of the two men side by side is half the battle.
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Relishing the state is half the battle towards a good life, for everyone.
race/work/battle against time
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But his parents are faced with a desperate race against time to raise the money necessary for his treatment.
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For the cartoonists, it's a daily battle against time , to create work that captures the imagination.
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However, with the contract negotiations starting, Lipton and others know that they are fighting a battle against time .
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It is a race against time .
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It looks as if my whole life is a race against time .
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Now it is a race against time to rebuild it before high spring ties later this month.
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The picture which became the cover shot, of the Rollright Stones, was a particular race against time .
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They face a race against time as fears grow over the health of the whales and the possibility of their becoming beached.
running battle/joke
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A man whose name is so synonymous with a suntan that it is a running joke in Doonesbury?
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An even longer running battle was fought in the royal dockyards.
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As well as his running battle with Monkou, he left stud marks on defender Richard Hall.
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I was not told, when we left, that I should have to fight a running battle with four hundred horsemen.
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In the resulting confrontation several hundred Mohawks armed with clubs and guns fought running battles with police.
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Police and demonstrators regularly engage in running battles near Mr Suharto's home in central Jakarta.
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The fighters quickly pursued them and eventually shot down every one in a running battle.
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They saw graffiti on important public memorials and they saw running battles with the police.
the Battle of Waterloo
the field (of battle)
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Civilians walked miles to villages away from the field of battle.
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He was awarded a medal for distinguished service in the field .
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It is better to negotiate than to settle political disputes on the field of battle.
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The new weapon has not yet been tried out in the field .
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It no more lies within the field of morals than does a cross-word puzzle.
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Policemen were equipped with self-loading rifles, jeeps and even armoured tractors to chase militants into the fields .
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Punches are being thrown, instruments are flying, and the field is littered with funny hats.
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Rice dresses immaculately and stylishly at all times, on the field and off.
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She had indeed shown little interest in the fields her great-aunt had left, probably because he had the use of them.
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That was the hardest part, using the field sales information without making Wilkinson look bad.
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With a circular iris, the focus is maintained in both dimensions of the field of view.
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Detectives are convinced 30-year-old Elizabeth battled bravely for her life and tried to escape by fleeing in her boyfriend's four-wheel-drive truck.
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Fighting between the Mujahideen has taken as much effort as battling the demoralised government forces.
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Lindsey found herself battling against an almost overwhelming and totally illogical desire to run her fingers through its neatness.
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Now Haley is also battling the flu.
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Starring newcomer Johnny Depp, it was about four young cops who battled high school crime.