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Pronúncia: ˈstrʌgəl
- noun
- lluita, combat.
- [effort] esforç.
- he gave in without a struggle no va oposar cap resistència.
- a desperate struggle to get one's work done in time un esforç desesperat per a acabar la feina a temps.
- the struggle for survival Biology la lluita per la supervivència. intransitive verb
- lluitar.
- debatre's.
- figurative esforçar-se, maldar per.
- he struggled hard to control his feelings maldava per dominar els seus sentiments.
- to struggle in vain lluitar en va.
- he struggled to his feet feia esforços per a aixecar-se, s'aixecava amb dificultat.
- the troops had to struggle against an appalling climate les tropes van haver de lluitar contra un clima espantós.
- to struggle against destiny lluitar contra el destí.
- Matthews struggled briefly with his conscience before shooting Matthews va lluitar per un moment amb la seva consciència abans de disparar.
- all those problems with which he'd struggled seemed now a thing of the past tots aquells problemes amb què havia lluitat ara semblaven cosa del passat.
- Billy was struggling furiously with a boy twice his size Billy lluitava aferrissadament amb un noi que en feia dos com ell.
- I'm struggling along figurative vaig fent, vaig tirant, em defenso.
- (to struggle (in / out / through) obrir-se pas (amb penes i treballs).
- we succeeded in struggling through vam aconseguir de sortir-nos-en.
- to struggle up also figurative pujar difícilment.