contend
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～ be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
contend
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～ have an argument about something
contend
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～ compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
contend
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～ to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
contend
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～ succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
contend
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～ maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"
content
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～ satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
content
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～ make content; "I am contented"
contest
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～ to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
continue
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～ continue talking; "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
continue
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～ do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
continue
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～ continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
continue
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～ move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
continue
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～ allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
continue
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～ keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
continue
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～ continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
continue
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～ span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
continue
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～ exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
continue
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～ continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
contort
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～ twist and press out of shape