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  • 61carry on — Synonyms and related words: abide, act up, antic, assault, attack, barbarize, batter, be enthusiastic, be livid, be patient, be pissed, be responsible for, bear with composure, behave ill, bide, bluster, boil, browned off, brutalize, bubble over …

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  • 62engage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bind, obligate, pledge, promise; betroth; hire, enlist, employ, book, retain; reserve, secure; occupy, interest, engross, attract, entangle, involve, interlock; set about, take up; fight, contend.… …

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  • 63peg — Synonyms and related words: amble, amount, anchor, articulate, baby tooth, barge, batten, batten down, beverage, bicuspid, bilge, bind, blain, bleb, blister, blob, bolt, boss, bow, bowl, bowl along, bridle, bubble, buckle, bucktooth, bulb, bulge …

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  • 64plug away — Synonyms and related words: carry on, dig, drudge, fag, grind, grub, hammer, hammer away, keep at it, keep busy, keep doggedly at, keep driving, keep going, keep moving, keep on, moil, peg, peg away, plod, plug, plug along, plug at, pound away,… …

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  • 65go about — {v.} 1. To be busy with; keep busy at or working on; start working on; do. * /Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight./ * /Just go about your business and don t keep looking out of the window./ * /How will you go about building… …

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  • 66go about — {v.} 1. To be busy with; keep busy at or working on; start working on; do. * /Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight./ * /Just go about your business and don t keep looking out of the window./ * /How will you go about building… …

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  • 67Chafik Charobim — (November 4, 1894 in Cairo – 1975), is a well known impressionist and naturalist Egyptian artist who painted the Peaceful and Tranquil Egypt of the last Century .[1] He loved nature in any form and his paintings show a great love for the sea, the …

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  • 68go\ about — v 1. To be busy with; keep busy at or working on; start working on; do. Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight. Just go about your business and don t keep looking out of the window. How will you go about building the bird house? …

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  • 69en|gage — «ehn GAYJ», verb, gaged, gag|ing. –v.t. 1. to keep busy; occupy: »Work engages much of my time. He engaged me in conversation. 2. to hire; employ; take for use or work; reserve (as seats …

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  • 70the devil finds work for idle hands to do — Idleness and mischief are linked in ST. JEROME Letters CXXV. xi. fac et aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus inveniat occupatum, do something, so that the devil may always find you busy; cf. c 1386 CHAUCER Tale of Melibee 1. 1594 Therfore seith… …

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