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  • 111put one's shoulder to the wheel — it s time to stop talking and start putting your shoulder to the wheel Syn: get (down) to work, apply oneself, set to work, buckle down, roll up one s sleeves; work hard, be diligent, be industrious, exert oneself …

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  • 112attend — v 1. go to, be present at, sit in on, visit, frequent, haunt. 2. come with, occur with, coexist with; belong to, be an appendage of, be an adjunct to, be an annex to, be part of; result from, be consequent to, be a consequence of, follow from,… …

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  • 113lucubrate — v 1. study, apply oneself, excogitate, cerebrate, con, cogitate, burn the midnight oil; dig, grind, Brit. Inf. swot, Brit. Inf. vet, Inf. cram, Sl. hit the books, Sl. crack the books; toil, fag, moil, slave; pore over, concentrate, deliberate,… …

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  • 114study — n 1. reading, review, reviewing, learning, taking in, absorption, memorization; concentration, intentness, attentiveness, application, endeavor, effort, enterprise, work, hard work; industry, industriousness, sedulousness, assiduity, plodding,… …

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  • 115tackle — n 1. equipment, gear, outfit, rig, Archaic. tackling; apparatus, accourterments, trappings, traps, appointments, fittings; paraphernalia, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, materiel; tools, implements, instruments. 2. rigging, cordage, cording,… …

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  • 116address — ad•dress n. [[t]əˈdrɛs, ˈæd rɛs[/t]] v. [[t]əˈdrɛs[/t]] n. 1) the place or the name of the place where a person, organization, or the like is located or may be reached 2) a direction as to the intended recipient, written on or attached to a piece …

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  • 117fall — [[t]fɔl[/t]] v. fell, fall•en, fall•ing, n. 1) to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support 2) to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, esp. to leave a standing or erect position… …

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  • 118fall — [c]/fɔl / (say fawl) verb (fell, fallen, falling) –verb (i) 1. to descend from a higher to a lower place or position through loss or lack of support; drop. 2. to come down suddenly from a standing or erect position: to fall on one s knees. 3. to… …

  • 119study — [n] learning, analysis abstraction, academic work, analyzing, application, attention, class, cogitation, comparison, concentration, consideration, contemplation, course, cramming, debate, deliberation, examination, exercise, inquiry, inspection,… …

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  • 120tackle — [n] equipment for activity accouterment, apparatus, appliance, gear, goods, habiliments, hook, impedimenta, implements, line, machinery, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, rigging, tools, trappings; concept 496 tackle [v1] make an effort… …

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