“By main strength and awkwardness” nghĩa là gì?

“By main strength and awkwardness” có awkwardness là vụng về, lúng túng -> cụm từ này nghĩa là chỉ thuần túy dùng sức.

Ví dụ

He had no reel (guồng, cuộn dây), nor any inclination to waste time, and by main strength and awkwardness, and swiftly, he drew out of the water a flashing ten-inch trout (cá hồi).

When he came back, he said both the engineman (thợ máy) and the fireman were dead, and we decided we were not strong enough to undertake relief work, but had best get to some one who was able and send help in numbers with bandages (băng cuộn). We scrambled by main strength and awkwardness over the wrecked coach in which we had been riding and passing under the arched bridge, climbed the steep fill on the south side of the bridge, by pulling up briars (cây thạch nam) and stick weeds that left their marks in my hands to this day. 

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