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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well; If at first you do not succeed, try, try again; If God had meant us to fly, he would have given us wings; If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there would be no work for tinkers; If it ain't broke, don't fix it; If it were not for hope the heart would break; If it were a snake, it would have bit you

  3. Ganbaru - Wikipedia

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    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 "toughing it out". [4] Ganbaru means "to commit oneself fully to a task and to bring that task to an end". [5] It can be translated as persistence, tenacity, doggedness, and ...

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  5. Self-efficacy - Wikipedia

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    Besides, individuals place more value on the academic activities which they used to achieve success [50] Recent writing research accentuated this connection between writers' self-efficacy, motivation and efforts offered, and achieving success in writing. In another way, writers with a high level of confidence in their writing capabilities and ...

  6. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms often express a nuance of meaning or are used in different registers of speech or writing. Various technical domains may employ synonyms to convey precise technical nuances. Some writers avoid repeating the same word in close proximity, and prefer to use synonyms: this is called elegant variation .

  7. Success - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Meeting or surpassing an intended goal or objective For other uses, see Success (disambiguation). A Nigerian man receives the smallpox vaccine in February 1969, as part of a global program that successfully eradicated the disease from the human population. Success is the state or ...

  8. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

  9. Conscientiousness - Wikipedia

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    People who score low on conscientiousness tend to be laid back, less goal-oriented, and less driven by success, if they also score high on Big Five Agreeableness; otherwise, they are also more likely to engage in anti-social behavior and commit blue-collared crimes and crimes of passion.