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| Selected response from: Peter Simon Netherlands Local time: 12:49 | ||||||
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5 +5 | in the difficult process of reorganisation |
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in the difficult process of reorganisation Explanation: or, '(they were) reorganising themselves with difficulty', 'they were having difficulty reorganising themselves', but these are a bit forced. def. in Oxford D.: "In the middle of doing or dealing with something very difficult or painful" The Free D.: "throes: A condition of extreme difficulty or trouble: a country in the throes of economic collapse" and "in the throes of: struggling with great effort with" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2015-12-02 12:32:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/throes Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/throes |
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