english collocations in use unit 49 advanced

constant struggle

a hard situation that you constantly meet difficuties in life

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SYN it never rains but it pours

• Life seems to have been a _ for her since she left home.

• There has been a _ in our project that we need to address promptly.

blow

an unexpected event that has a damaging effect on someone or something:

Losing his job was a severe _ to his confidence.

Her death came as a terrible _ to her parents.

widespread looting

Cướp bóc, cướp phá

Unfortunately, after the widespread flooding came _ of properties that had been abandoned.

grave danger

một tình huống nguy hiểm cực độ, đòi hỏi sự chú ý hoặc phản ứng khẩn cấp.

• And there is a _ that, once again, this alarm call will fall on deaf ears.

• Doctors warned that delaying treatment could put the patient in _.

catastrophic

causing sudden and very great harm or destruction:

• An unchecked increase in the use of fossil fuels could have _ results for the planet.

• A _ storm made landfall on US soil.

carry a risk

contain some unexpected danger

Most things that we do in life _ some degree of _.

relish

to like or enjoy something:

I always _ a challenge.

[ + -ing verb ] I don't _ telling her that her son has been arrested.

hinder

to make it difficult for somebody to do something or for something to happen

synonym hamper

• These killings have seriously _ progress towards peace.

• These laws will _ rather than help progress.

• factors which might help or _ a child's progress at school

hurdle

a problem that you have to deal with before you can make progress:

• Getting a work permit was the first _ to overcome.

• The cost of this exercise is proving to be a major _.

disaster strikes

something very bad happens

When _, we will be prepared.