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  • 91an effort — make the/an/effort (to do something) mainly spoken phrase to do something even though you do not want to or you find it difficult I wish you’d make the effort to get on with her. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry:… …

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  • 92all-out effort — {n.} A great and thorough effort at solving a given problem. * /The President is making an all out effort to convince Congress to pass the pending bill on health care./ …

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  • 93all-out effort — {n.} A great and thorough effort at solving a given problem. * /The President is making an all out effort to convince Congress to pass the pending bill on health care./ …

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  • 94last-ditch effort — See: LAST DITCH …

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  • 95last-ditch effort — See: LAST DITCH …

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  • 96Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks — The area surrounding the World Trade Center became the site of the greatest number of casualties and missing, due to a single incident, in the history of the United States. This region became known in the ensuing days as ground zero .Building… …

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  • 97nice work if you can get it — informal used to express envy of what is perceived to be another person s more favorable situation, esp. if they seem to have reached it with little effort * * * nice work if you can ˈget it idiom (informal) used when you wish that you had sb s… …

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  • 98be an effort — mainly spoken phrase to be difficult, tiring, or boring to do It’s sometimes a real effort just to get up in the mornings. Thesaurus: difficult to do and involving a lot of effortsynonym Main entry: effort …

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  • 99Let's Get Tough! — Infobox Film name = Let s Get Tough! production title: Little MacArthurs director = Wallace Fox producer = Sam Katzman| writer = Harvey Gates based on his story I Am an American starring = Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall music = Johnny Lange Lew Porter… …

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  • 100To get rid of — Rid Rid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rid} or {Ridded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridding}.] [OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw. r[ a]dda, and perhaps to Skr. ?rath to loosen.] 1. To save; to… …

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