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1 struggle
1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) otepati se2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) boriti se3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) prebijati se2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) boj* * *I [strʌgl]nounboj, borba ( for za, with z, against proti); rvanje; trganje (za kaj); stremljenje, prizadevanje; naporII [strʌgl]intransitive verbboriti se ( with z, for za, against proti); truditi se, napenjati se, mučiti se (with s.th. s čim), trgati se (za kaj); upirati se ( against čemu), braniti se (česa), otepati se; s težavo si utirati pot, se prebijati; (redko) prepirati se; transitive verb izbojevati, priboriti sia struggling artist — umetnik, ki se še ni uveljavil in se s težavo prebija (skozi življenje)to struggle to one's feet — z muko se dvigniti, vstati na noge -
2 existence
1) (the state of existing: He does not believe in the existence of God; How long has this rule been in existence?) obstoj2) ((a way of) life: an uneventful existence.) bivanje* * *[igzístəns]nounbivanje, obstanek; življenje, obstojto call into existence — uresničiti, realiziratito be in existence — biti, trajati
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