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struggle

B2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈstrʌɡl/US /ˈstrʌɡl/
noun

a hard fight in which people try to obtain or achieve something, especially something that somebody else does not want them to have

verb

to try very hard to do something when it is difficult or when there are a lot of problems

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And I thought, "Well, what's the struggle?"

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