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The album reached number 4 on the Billboard jazz chart and number 43 on the Billboard 200. [4] AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Hard Work became a surprise hit, and overall, the set is open to the influence of R&B, although there are some strong moments from Handy on both alto and tenor". [3]
Hard work conquers all. Popular as a motto; derived from a phrase in Virgil's Eclogue (X.69: omnia vincit Amor – "Love conquers all"); a similar phrase also occurs in his Georgics I.145. laborare pugnare parati sumus: To work, (or) to fight; we are ready: Motto of the California Maritime Academy: labore et honore: By labour and honour ...
List of English homographs. Homographs are words with the same spelling but having more than one meaning. Homographs may be pronounced the same (homophones), or they may be pronounced differently (heteronyms, also known as heterophones). Some homographs are nouns or adjectives when the accent is on the first syllable, and verbs when it is on ...
The verb had in the expression had better lacks any untensed form (*Tomorrow you will have better concentrate; *I've had better work hard since I started; *We're having better concentrate) and hence is sometimes classed as a modal idiom, [31] [32] [33] a semi-modal, [97] [98] or an emerging or quasi-modal verb. [99]
Ganbaru (頑張る, lit. 'stand firm'), also romanized as gambaru, is a ubiquitous Japanese word which roughly means to slog on tenaciously through tough times. [ 1 ] The word ganbaru is often translated as "doing one's best", but in practice, it means doing more than one's best. [ 2 ] The word emphasizes "working with perseverance" [ 3 ] or ...
This is a list of Latin verbs with English derivatives and those derivatives. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.
Hard work (disambiguation) Hard work is carefulness and persistent effort or work. It may also mean: Hard Work (album), by John Handy. Hard Work (book), by Polly Toynbee. Category:
Grit (personality trait) In psychology, grit is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on a person's perseverance of effort combined with their passion for a particular long-term goal or end state (a powerful motivation to achieve an objective). This perseverance of effort helps people overcome obstacles or challenges to accomplishment and ...