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A n1 (battle, fight) lit, fig lutte f (against contre ; between entre ; for pour ; over au sujet de ; to do pour faire) ; the struggle for democracy/for survival la lutte pour la démocratie/pour survivre ; armed/non-violent struggle lutte f armée/non violente ; class struggle lutte f des classes ; power struggle lutte f pour le pouvoir ; to give up ou abandon the struggle abandonner la lutte or la partie ; to put up a (fierce) struggle se défendre (avec acharnement) ; they gave up without a struggle lit, Mil ils ont abandonné sans opposer de résistance ; fig ils ont abandonné sans lutter ;2 ( scuffle) rixe f, bagarre ○ f ; two people were injured in ou during the struggle deux personnes ont été blessées pendant la rixe or la bagarre ○ ;3 (difficult task, effort) it was a struggle but it was worth it on a eu du mal or cela a été dur mais cela en valait la peine ; learning to read was a great struggle for him apprendre à lire lui a coûté de gros efforts ; he finds everything a real struggle il trouve que tout est très dur ; I find it a real struggle to do ou doing il m'est très difficile de faire ; they had a struggle to do ou doing ils ont eu du mal à faire ; to succeed after years of struggle réussir après des années d'efforts ; after a long struggle he managed to contact her après s'être donné beaucoup de mal il est parvenu à la joindre ; she managed it but not without a struggle elle a réussi mais non sans mal.B vi1 lit ( put up a fight) [person, animal] se débattre (to do pour faire) ; (tussle, scuffle) [people, animals] lutter, se battre ; [armies, forces] se battre ; he struggled with his attacker il s'est débattu pour se dégager de l'emprise de son agresseur ; they struggled with each other ils ont lutté or se sont battus (for pour) ; they struggled for the gun ils se sont battus pour le revolver ; to struggle free se dégager ;2 fig ( try hard) se battre, lutter ; ( stronger) se démener ; a young artist struggling for recognition un jeune artiste qui lutte or se démène pour faire reconnaître son talent ; to struggle to do sth lutter or se battre pour faire ; the firm has had to struggle to survive ( try hard) la société a dû lutter or se battre pour survivre ; to struggle with a problem/one's conscience être aux prises avec un problème/sa conscience ;3 ( have difficulty) (at school, with job, in market) [person, company] éprouver des difficultés ; to struggle to keep up/to survive/with one's homework avoir du mal à suivre/à survivre/à faire ses devoirs ;4 ( move with difficulty) he struggled into/out of his jeans il a enfilé/enlevé péniblement son jean ; to struggle to one's feet se lever avec peine ; we struggled up the steep path nous avons monté péniblement la côte raide.■ struggle back revenir à grand-peine or avec peine.▶ struggle through s'en sortir tant bien que mal ;▶ struggle through [sth] se frayer péniblement un chemin dans [snow, jungle, crowd] ; se débattre avec [book, task] ; the bill struggled through Parliament le projet de loi a été adopté non sans peine par le Parlement.
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