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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Battle away at

It's vital that we keep battling away at the proble.



I know the 'away' above has the meaning of continuation, can I say that "at" above has the meaning of focus or partly doing sth which is still incomplete?



Do you have any insightful understanding about it?

Thank you in advance.

  

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Hi, Why do you think that 'to battle away' makes any sense of continuation here? I should rather think that the adverb 'away' here means 'far'. And by the way: is "the proble" "the problem"?

— Anonymous

  • Hi, Why do you think that 'to battle away' makes any sense of continuation here?
  • I should rather think that the adverb 'away' here means 'far'.
  • And by the way: is "the proble" "the problem"?
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Hi,

Why do you think that 'to battle away' makes any sense of continuation here? I should rather think that the adverb 'away' here means 'far'. And by the way: is "the proble" "the problem"?
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Maybe you can check the dictionary for the meaning of "away"?

There are many different meanings of "away".
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AnonymousMaybe you can check the dictionary for the meaning of "away"?There are many different meanings of "away".

Yes, a clock can be ticking away.
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AnonymousIt's vital that we keep battling away at the problem.
I know the 'away' above has the meaning of continuation
Yes, that's right. away gives the sense of repeated attempts (to make the problem go away). These attempts need to be repeated because the initial attempts are not successful
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