to exert much effort or energy
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
| reach |
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| strain |
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| strive |
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sample sentences
"straining our ears to hear"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
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