Hard work (5)
'hard work' is the definition.
(graft can mean working hard)
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(Other definitions for graft that I've seen before include "Labour" , "Shoot; hard work" , "Surgical transplant" , "Hard work - illicit gain" , "Hard work - swindle" .)
'hard work' is the definition.
(a slog is a long or difficult task)
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(Other definitions for slog that I've seen before include "Make a wild cricket stroke" , "big hit" , "Wild cricket hit" , "Walk hard carrying logs?" , "Exhausting task" .)
'hard work' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
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(Other definitions for toil that I've seen before include "Drudgery" , "Work extremely hard" , "Hard physical work" , "Work hard and long" , "Work hard, labour" .)
'hard work' is the definition.
(travail can mean hard work or effort)
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(Other definitions for travail that I've seen before include "In old use, the pains of childbirth" , "Toil - anguish" , "Labour, toil" , "Use of physical or mental energy; excessive labour..." , "Painful or laborious effort, like childbirth" .)
(Other definitions for arduous that I've seen before include "Backbreaking" , "Punishing" , "Gruelling, strenuous" , "Fatiguing (task)" , "Difficult, tiring" .)
'hard work' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
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(Other definitions for labour that I've seen before include "Workforce" , "Hard work, party" , "End of term" , "What mothers have been through" , "Hard work, toil" .)
'hard work' is the definition.
(synonyms)
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(Other definitions for elbow grease that I've seen before include "Vigorous physical effort" , "Hard physical effort" , "Hard physical work (informal)" , "Vigorous physical labour involving hard rubbing" , "Hard rubbing (colloq.)" .)
'hard work' is the definition.
(being industrious)
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(Other definitions for industry that I've seen before include "The manufacture or production of goods" , "Steady application - to manufacturing?" , "Work (of manufacturing)" , "Commercial enterprise, the making of goods, say" , "Hard work" .)