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under pressure; in a difficult situation.

1. Assert one's right to something. 2. If you stake a  claim  to something, you say or show that you have a  right  to it and that it should  belong  to you

to manage to use  something  in a way that brings good results:  If only we could  tap into  all that energy and creativity .

if two or more  things   happen  in  parallel , they  happen  at the same time and are  connected .

1. To achieve much success. You'll go a long way if you learn to never quit. 2. To be very useful or helpful.

1. You take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else. 2. To take part/ to become involved in an  activity  that someone else is  doing , in  order  to gain some of the  advantages  for yourself.  3. To become involved in someone else's successful activity or do something similar in order to achieve the same success.