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effort Physics an applied force acting against inertia |
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He was caught between fire and water; he made a superhuman effort, the effort of a counterfeiter of money who is on the point of being boiled, and who seeks to escape. When the Ass persisted in his effort, the man let him go and said, "Conquer, but conquer to your cost. Lady Greystoke had been sitting a little way from the cabin, and when she heard his cry she looked up to see the ape springing with almost incredible swiftness, for so large and awkward an animal, in an effort to head off Clayton. |
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