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  • 41exercise — I n. 1) to engage in, go in for exercise 2) to do exercises 3) hard, strenuous, vigorous; regular exercise 4) (an) aerobic; flexibility; isometric; relaxation; setting up; warming up exercise 5) physical exercise 6) a form of exercise (brisk… …

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  • 42object — I n. 1) a material, physical object 2) a sex object 3) (grammar) a direct; indirect object 4) (misc.) an object of derision; an unidentified flying object (= UFO) II v. 1) to object strenuously, strongly, violently 2) (D; intr.) to object to (to… …

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  • 43work — I n. labor 1) to do work (they never do any work) 2) to begin; quit, stop work (they quit work at one o clock) 3) to take on work 4) to undo smb. s work 5) backbreaking, hard; delicate; demanding; dirty, scut; easy, light; exhausting, tiring;… …

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  • 44hard — 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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  • 45strenuous — stren|u|ous [ˈstrenjuəs] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: strenuus] 1.) needing a lot of effort or strength ▪ a strenuous climb ▪ The doctor advised Ken to avoid strenuous exercise. 2.) active and determined ▪ Sherry s been making a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 46strenuous — adjective 1 needing great effort or strength: a strenuous climb | The doctor advised Ken to avoid strenuous exercise. 2 active and determined: make strenuous efforts: the strenuous efforts the council is making to improve security strenuously… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 47hard — [adj1] rocklike adamantine, callous, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, dense, firm, hardened, impenetrable, indurate, indurated, inflexible, iron*, packed, rigid, rocky, set, solid, stiff, stony, strong, thick, tough,… …

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  • 48Endeavor — En*deav or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endeavored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endeavoring}.] [OE. endevor; pref. en + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See {Devoir}, {Debt}.]… …

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  • 49Endeavored — Endeavor En*deav or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endeavored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endeavoring}.] [OE. endevor; pref. en + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See {Devoir},… …

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  • 50Endeavoring — Endeavor En*deav or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endeavored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endeavoring}.] [OE. endevor; pref. en + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See {Devoir},… …

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