08:07 Dec 2, 2020 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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| Selected response from: David Jones Taiwan Local time: 22:48 | ||||||
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5 +7 | determined to survive (for a long time / indefinitely) |
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determined to survive (for a long time / indefinitely) Explanation: The author is using a marathon (a long distance race) to make a comparison with LaPierre's new life journey. He's dropped from the top and it's going to be a long way back up from the bottom. It looks like it's going to take him a long time (long haul) to pull his life together, so until then, he's going to be surviving on the streets for a long time. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/in-it-for-the-long-haul https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/long-haul |
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