| Concept: | Difficulty. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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with difficulty, with much ado; hardly; uphill; against the stream, against the grain; a rebours; invita Minerva; in the teeth of; at a pinch, upon a pinch; at long odds.
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| Antonyms: | facility |
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| Concept: | Exertion. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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laboriously; lustily; pugnis et calcibus; with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado; to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus, vi et armis, manibus pedibusque, tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro, hammer and tongs, heart and soul; through thick and thin (perseverance)., by the sweat of one's brow, suo Marte.
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| Antonyms: | repose |
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| Concept: | Opposition. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes., against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth., in spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth., though; even; quand meme; per contra.
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| Antonyms: | cooperation |
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| Concept: | Violence. |
| Category: | 3. POWER IN OPERATION |
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-adverbs
violently; amain; by storm, by force, by main force; with might and main; tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; at one fell swoop; with a high hand, through thick and thin; in desperation, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance; headlong, head foremost.
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| Concept: | Warfare. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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flagrante bello, in the thick of the fray, in the cannon's mouth; at the sword's point, at the point of the bayonet.
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| Antonyms: | peace |
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| Concept: | Intention. |
| Category: | 1. Conceptional Volition |
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intentionally; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent; deliberately (with premeditation); with one's eyes open, in cold blood., for; with a view, with an eye to; in order to, in order that; to the end that, with the intent that; for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of., in pursuance of, pursuant to; quo animo; to all intents and purposes.
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