ADJ
- great, life-and-death, titanic
- bitter, desperate, fierce, heroic, violent
- There were the sounds of a desperate struggle
- just
- The UN supported what it saw as the just struggle of an oppressed people
- unequal
- armed
- The group supported the armed struggle against the dictator
- class, internecine
- Marx wrote about the class struggle
- economic, ideological, leadership, political, power, revolutionary
VERB + STRUGGLE
- begin, put up, take up
- If someone snatched your bag, would you put up a struggle? They took up the struggle against racism
- be engaged/locked in, carry on, wage
- species engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the ever-changing environment
STRUGGLE + VERB
- ensue, take place
- continue, go on
- intensify
PREP
- in a/the ~
- One of the security guards was hurt in the struggle
- without a ~
- She won't give up without a struggle
- ~ against
- the struggle against fascism
- ~ between
- the struggle between good and evil
- ~ for
- the long struggle for democracy
- ~ over
- a struggle over the property
- ~ with
- He was involved in a struggle with the police
PHRASES
- a sign of a struggle
- The police said that there was no sign of a struggle by the murder victim
- years of struggle
- After 150 years of struggle against brutal colonial rule, the country won its independence
ADJ
- desperate, great, hard, real, uphill
- It will be an uphill struggle to maintain exports at the current level
- long
- ceaseless, constant, endless
- unequal
VERB + STRUGGLE
- face, have
- We had a real struggle to get everything into the suitcase
- give up
- I've given up the unequal struggle to keep my house tidy
PHRASES
- a bit of a struggle
- It was a bit of a struggle for me to get there so early
ADV
- desperately, hard, manfully, painfully, really, valiantly
- He struggled desperately to get to the shore. He struggled hard to keep the boat upright
- a little
- constantly
- on
- She struggled on despite the pain
PREP
- against
- The small boat struggled against the waves
- along, down, for
- Shona struggled for breath
- through
- The family struggled through the next few years
- up
- They struggled up the hill
- with
- I'm really struggling with this essay
PHRASES
- struggle to your feet
- She struggled to her feet and set off after him
ADV
- badly
- The team struggled badly last season
- financially
- I was unemployed and struggling financially
ADV
- fiercely, furiously, violently
- She struggled furiously but could not get away
- together
- Ben and Jack struggled together on the grass
PREP
- against
- struggling against her attacker
- with
- He was hit in the mouth as he struggled with the raiders
PHRASES
- struggle free
- The attacker's victim managed to struggle free
