struggle with

phrasal verb·1 sense·particle with

Usefulness

Meanings

1

Find something difficult to do or understand

Handling Difficulty

Why “with”? A person faces a task or difficult situation and tries to manage it.

“Many students struggle with fractions.”
Many students find fractions difficult to understand.
“He struggled with the heavy door.”
He found the heavy door difficult to move.

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cope with

Same with pattern: handling difficulty

Manage a difficult situation successfully enough

deal with

Same with pattern: handling difficulty

Take action to solve or manage a problem; Have a particular subject as the main topic

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