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struggle
Verb
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If you struggle to do something difficult, you work very hard to do it.
They struggled to survive in New York City on $25,000 a year.
She struggled to her feet after being hit by the bicycle.
The company is struggling to maintain the same level of profits.
She wrote about struggling to balance motherhood, work and love.
The fishermen struggled against the powerful winds and high waves that had come in with a late-night storm.
struggle
Noun
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A struggle is a fight, often long and hard, or needing a lot of effort.
As long as they are not willing to make peace, there will be armed struggle.
Nature is really an ongoing struggle for survival.
The fighting has been mainly a power struggle between these two groups.
This has been part of life in Indonesia since its struggle against the Dutch for independence.
They had become deeply involved in the people's struggle for freedom and democracy.
They are already engaged in a power struggle for control of the post-American Iraq.
The basis of most movies is a struggle between good guys and bad guys.
with
Preposition
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With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened
I went to school with my brother.
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With is used to describe something added to something else
The cat has a collar with a bell on it.
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With is used to show what thing is used to do something
He hit the nail with a hammer.
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Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses.
With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.