| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | all-out effort | maximum possible effort |
| 2. | application | close attention and effort |
| 3. | arduous labor | difficult demanding work |
| 4. | arduous work | very difficult work |
| 5. | assiduity | constant careful effort |
| 6. | backbreaking labor | extremely strenuous work |
| 7. | bearing down | applying strong effort |
| 8. | bootstrapping | self-driven effort to advance |
| 9. | brainwork | mental effort or labor |
| 10. | breaking your back | working extremely hard |
| 11. | buckling down | applying oneself seriously |
| 12. | burning the midnight oil | working late into night |
| 13. | chiseling away | working steadily at something |
| 14. | concentrated effort | focused hard work |
| 15. | conscientiousness | careful responsible effort |
| 16. | construction | the work of building |
| 17. | coursework | required academic work |
| 18. | craftwork | skilled handmade work |
| 19. | determined effort | firm purposeful exertion |
| 20. | digging in | committing to sustained effort |
| 21. | diligence | careful persistent effort |
| 22. | doggedness | stubborn persistent effort |
| 23. | doing the legwork | handling practical effort |
| 24. | doing the spadework | handling groundwork labor |
| 25. | donkeywork | menial laborious work |
| 26. | drudgery | dull difficult work |
| 27. | effort | physical or mental exertion |
| 28. | elbow grease | energetic physical effort |
| 29. | elbow work | physical effort and labor |
| 30. | endeavor | serious effort toward something |
| 31. | exertion | vigorous use of energy |
| 32. | exhausting work | very tiring labor |
| 33. | factory work | industrial labor |
| 34. | farmwork | agricultural labor |
| 35. | field labor | agricultural manual work |
| 36. | fieldwork | practical labor done on site |
| 37. | full effort | complete exertion |
| 38. | full-bore effort | maximum forceful effort |
| 39. | giving it your all | making maximum effort |
| 40. | going all out | using maximum effort |
| 41. | graft | hard sustained work |
| 42. | grind | steady demanding work |
| 43. | grinding away | working continuously and hard |
| 44. | grit | courageous persistent effort |
| 45. | groundwork | foundational preparatory work |
| 46. | grueling labor | very exhausting work |
| 47. | hammering away | working persistently and forcefully |
| 48. | handwork | work done by hand |
| 49. | honest labor | respectable hard work |
| 50. | housework | domestic labor |
| 51. | hustle | energetic determined effort |
| 52. | industriousness | habit of working diligently |
| 53. | industry | diligent productive work |
| 54. | intensive effort | concentrated hard work |
| 55. | intensive work | highly concentrated effortful work |
| 56. | jobbing | working at tasks for pay |
| 57. | keeping at it | continuing effort persistently |
| 58. | labor | work requiring exertion |
| 59. | laboring | working with effort |
| 60. | laborious work | work requiring much effort |
| 61. | legwork | practical effort and running around |
| 62. | manual labor | physical work |
| 63. | maximum effort | greatest possible exertion |
| 64. | moiling | toiling steadily and wearily |
| 65. | nose to the grindstone | steady diligent work |
| 66. | overtime | work beyond regular hours |
| 67. | pains | great care and effort |
| 68. | persistence | continued effort over time |
| 69. | plodding | working slowly but steadily |
| 70. | plowing away | working steadily through difficulty |
| 71. | plugging away | working steadily and persistently |
| 72. | prep work | preparatory labor |
| 73. | push | strong burst of effort |
| 74. | putting in the work | doing the necessary effort |
| 75. | real effort | genuine serious exertion |
| 76. | slog | long hard spell of work |
| 77. | slogging | working with heavy effort |
| 78. | spadework | preparatory laborious work |
| 79. | strain | great physical or mental effort |
| 80. | striving | earnest effort to achieve |
| 81. | struggle | difficult sustained effort |
| 82. | sustained effort | continued exertion over time |
| 83. | sweat | labor involving effort |
| 84. | sweatwork | laborious physical work |
| 85. | taskwork | work done as assigned tasks |
| 86. | tenacity | determined sustained effort |
| 87. | thoroughness | careful complete effort |
| 88. | toil | strenuous work |
| 89. | toiling | working strenuously |
| 90. | trouble | effort taken for something |
| 91. | uphill work | difficult laborious effort |
| 92. | utmost effort | greatest possible hard work |
| 93. | wage labor | work done for wages |
| 94. | wholehearted effort | fully committed exertion |
| 95. | work | effort spent on a task |
| 96. | working flat out | working at full speed |
| 97. | working one’s tail off | working extremely hard |
| 98. | working overtime | putting in extra hours |
| 99. | yardwork | outdoor labor around property |
| 100. | zeal | eager energetic effort |
