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Translation

to fight, battle, struggle

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Examples

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The soldiers fought all night.

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We are fighting against the enemy.

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He will fight for his country.

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She is fighting for the freedom of the people.

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They fought and won.

is intransitive and lives on two prepositions: for the thing you are against, for the cause you are for. Both senses of the English verb come with it, from a battlefield to a campaign for a principle. Keep it apart from , which means to hit and is transitive - is striking a person, is a fight. The noun is a battle and a fighter.

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 6: batali, zorgi, serĉi and 7 more words.