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  • 21trudge — trudger, n. /truj/, v., trudged, trudging, n. v.i. 1. to walk, esp. laboriously or wearily: to trudge up a long flight of steps. v.t. 2. to walk laboriously or wearily along or over: He trudged the deserted road for hours. n. 3. a laborious or… …

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  • 22copy — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 document/work of art ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, faithful, good ▪ cheap, crude, poor ▪ It was not the original painting, but a crude copy …

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  • 23plod — v. 1) (d; intr.) to plod through ( to go through laboriously ) (to plod through a long reading list) 2) (P; intr.) ( to move ) they plodded slowly along the road * * * [plɒd] (P; intr.) ( to move ) they nodded slowly along the road (d; intr.) to… …

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  • 24plow — I n. to pull a plow II v. 1) (d; intr.) to plow into ( to strike ) (the racing car skidded and plowed into the crowd) 2) (d; intr.) to plow through ( to go through laboriously ) (to plow through a long reading list; to plow through a crowd; to… …

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  • 25plug away — v. (D; intr.) to plug away at ( to work at laboriously ) (to plug away at a job) * * * (D; intr.) to plug away at (to plug away at a job; to work at laboriously ) …

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  • 26hard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. firm, rigid (see hardness); unsympathetic, unloving, unfriendly, callous; strenuous, difficult, puzzling; severe, serious, short, intensive. See insensibility. Ant., soft. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 27easily — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without difficulty] Syn. readily, with ease, effortlessly, facilely, simply, with no effort, with no apparent effort, without trouble, handily, evenly, regularly, steadily, efficiently, smoothly, dexterously, plainly,… …

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  • 28heavily — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. laboriously, tediously, weightily, massively, ponderously, dully, gloomily, with difficulty, wearily, dejectedly, profoundly, densely; see also gradually , slowly . Ant. lightly*, gently, easily. II (Roget s Thesaurus… …

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  • 29Exertion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Exertion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 exertion exertion effort strain tug pull stress throw stretch struggle spell spurt spirt Sgm: N 1 stroke of work stroke …

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  • 30laborious — la|bo|ri|ous [ləˈbo:riəs] adj taking a lot of time and effort laborious process/task/business etc ▪ Collecting the raw materials proved a long and laborious task. ▪ the laborious business of drying the crops >laboriously adv ▪ A beetle began… …

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