Contend

1.  To try or struggle to win, either in a contest or against difficulties; to deal (with).

2.  To claim to be true.

 

 

     

 

Possible paraphrasing solution:
Original passage:

"The survivors of the tsunami must contend with many losses."

Paraphrased passage:

  The people who lived through the tsunami still have to deal with the losses of their homes and friends and families.

 
 
   
 

Your turn:

Paraphrase 2 of these sentences:

1  "My dyslexic friend has to contend with people who think he is stupid because he doesn't read well."

2. "Mary doesn't just want to be in the race, she wants to contend in it."

3. "The woman contended in court that she had not committed any crimes."   

 

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