earn one's keep

  • 31The Power of One — infobox Book | name = The Power of One image caption = author = Bryce Courtney country = Australia/South Africa language = English genre = Bildungsroman, Historical novel publisher = William Heinemann (UK) (Random House (Marclar Productions)… …

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  • 32List of number-one albums of 2009 (U.S.) — These are the US number one albums of 2009, per the Billboard 200. Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance. Chart history Issue date Album Artist(s) Reference(s) January 3 Fearless Taylor Swift [ …

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  • 33gain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. increase, profit; amplification. v. i. benefit; progress; put on weight. v. t. earn, win; reach, attain; persuade. See acquisition. Ant., loss. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of increasing] Syn.… …

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  • 34get — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. secure, obtain, procure, acquire; win, earn, attain; understand, comprehend; produce, beget. See acquisition, production, reproduction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To obtain] Syn. gain, procure, acquire;… …

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  • 35win — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. beat, conquer, master; gain, obtain, get; achieve, accomplish, reach; persuade, sway, convince, influence; succeed, triumph, surpass. See acquisition, success, belief. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. triumph …

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  • 36support — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Maintenance Nouns 1. (financial support) support, maintenance, upkeep, sustenance. See aid. 2. (foundation) ground, foundation, groundwork, substratum, base, basis; terra firma; purchase, grip, footing,… …

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  • 37ḤAREDIM — (lit. reverently fearful, from Hebrew ḥared, fearful, trembling, pious ; common definition, ultra Orthodox Jews). Introduction Orthodox Jews constitute the smallest major Jewish religious denomination. Although found in all principal areas of… …

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  • 38make — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. create, produce; prepare; obtain, cause, compel; amount to. See production, compulsion, form. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To produce] Syn. construct, fabricate, produce, manufacture, form, shape,… …

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  • 39support — [n1] something that holds up structure abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means,… …

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  • 40pull down — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. raze, wreck, remove; see destroy 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, . level, pulverize, raze, tear down …

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