on-the-ground work
51prepared the ground — did the preliminary work, made the ground ready (for building, planting, etc.) …
52preparing the ground — making the ground ready, doing the preliminary work …
53hit the ground running — be able to work effectively when you begin a new job, self starter We need someone who can hit the ground running, a person who needs no training …
54hit the ground running — mainly American to immediately work very hard and successfully at a new activity. If elected, they promise to hit the ground running in their first few weeks of office …
55The Ten Commandments — Ten Commandments † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Ten Commandments Called also simply THE COMMANDMENTS, COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, or THE DECALOGUE (Gr. deka, ten, and logos, a word), the Ten Words of Sayings, the latter name generally applied …
56work — work1 W1S1 [wə:k US wə:rk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(do a job for money)¦ 2¦(do your job)¦ 3¦(help)¦ 4¦(do an activity)¦ 5¦(try to achieve something)¦ 6¦(machine/equipment)¦ 7¦(be effective/successful)¦ 8¦(have an effect)¦ 9¦(art/style/literature)¦ …
57The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge — 6th edition cover The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB) presents comprehensive information on the card game contract bridge with limited information on related games and on playing cards. It is official in reference to the American Contract… …
58The Seal of Confession — The Law of the Seal of Confession † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …
59The Church — The Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …
60The Vatican — The Vatican † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Introduction; II. Architectural History of the Vatican Palace; III. Description of the Palace; IV. Description of the… …
