It was difficult to get through the dense crowd.

要从这样肩摩踵接的人群中穿过去可真难。

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He had a hard time squeezing through the crowd to get up to the platform.

他好不容易才挤到台前。

《新英汉大辞典》

I could only get out by fighting through the crowd.

我只能从人群中奋力挤出来。

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And, and several times, the officials had to take the flame and put it in a bus, as you mentioned earlier, to get it through the crowd.

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Japan were still competing gamely though and when Mortlock tugged Hirotoki Onozawa's jersey to concede the penalty, Ono stroked the ball through the posts to get his side on the scoreboard to the delight of the crowd.

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Another policeman, who said he saw one body being taken away, reportedly stated that the crowd had surged while people were lining up to get into the ground through its four entrances.

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