assiduity, diligence, elbow grease, energy, hard pull, industry, might and main, nerve and sinew, painstakingness, thoroughgoingness, trouble
Definitionn. an effortful attempt to attain a goal
Last update: October 17, 2015
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Shall we with pains erect a heaven of blue glass over ourselves, though when it is done we shall be sure to gaze still at the true ethereal heaven far above, as if the former were not? [Please select]
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It pains me to be misjudged by so good a woman. [Please select]
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This without reckoning in the pains of the heart. [Please select]
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Wopsle, too, took pains to present me in the worst light. [Please select]
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There are no Gains without Pains. [Please select]
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He will get nothing for his pains. [Please select]
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Lot of time taken up telling your aches and pains. [Please select]
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Her growing pains at night, calling, wakening me. [Please select]
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Bad French I got for my pains. [Please select]
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No rest all night; violent pains in my head, and feverish. [Please select]
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As it was I gained nothing by my pains. [Please select]
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