get a foothold

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And Wenger admitted his side found it hard to get a foothold in the game.
温格承认他的球员在比赛中控球非常艰难。
But Everton then began to get a foothold in the game and the Reds couldn't come up with the right response.
但埃弗顿开始发力之后曼联没有合适的回应。
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London has become one of the dearest cities in the world, and the young and the middle classes working outside financial services find it ever harder to get a foothold.
伦敦也成了世界上生活最昂贵的城市之一，在非金融服务领域工作的年轻人和中产阶级越来越感到难以在这个城市立足。

West Africa's mangrove forests absorb thousands of tons of carbon dioxide, and could be a way for the region to get a foothold in the $136-billion carbon world market.

Once the molds get a foothold, poor storage conditions also promote their post-harvest growth on grain.
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' He's trying to get a foothold in promising places like Eastern Europe, India and South America.
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Second, the agencies argue that unsolicited ratings are the only way for new ratings competitors to get a foothold.
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