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beat one's brainTo struggle to think or remember somethingRate it:

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fighting chanceA chance that is dependent on success in a struggle.Rate it:

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go to the matTo continue to struggle or fight until either victorious or defeated.Rate it:

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Dog-Eat-Dog WorldTo live a life associated by severe competition wherein people struggle ruthlessly to live or attain successRate it:

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je l'ai saisi à bras le corpsI seized him round the waist (in a struggle).Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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Can't Fight City HallThe under authority person cannot do anything against an administrative system, there is no way to win the struggle against official procedureRate it:

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conflictari (cum) adversa fortunato struggle with adversity.Rate it:

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do it toughTo be in a desperate situation; to struggle.Rate it:

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dolori resistereto struggle against grief.Rate it:

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fight backto repress; to struggle to repress.Rate it:

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grappledEngage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle. passersby grappled with the man after the knife attack synonyms: wrestle, struggle, tussle, brawl, fight, scuffle, battleRate it:

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je le saisis à bras le corpsI seized him round the waist (in a struggle).Rate it:

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kick against the pricksto struggle against one's fate. [from 14th c.]Rate it:

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no guts, no glorySuccess will not be achieved without hard work and struggle.Rate it:

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rack one's brainTo struggle to think of or remember something.Rate it:

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uphill battledifficult struggleRate it:

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wrestle with a pigTo engage in a struggle with an opponent that benefits from the struggle even without winning it.Rate it:

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