Helen Keller

"I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work, and my God."

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[work] See: [ALL IN A DAY'S WORK], [ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY], [AT WORK], [BUSY WORK], [IN THE WORKS], [MAKE SHORT WORK OF], [MANY HANDS […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

all in a days work

[all in a day's work] or [all in the day's work] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Unpleasant or bad but to be expected; not harder than usual; not unusual. * /Keeping ants […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

used to

[used to] (2) or [did use to] {v. phr.} Did formerly; did in the past. - Usually used with an infinitive to tell about something past. * /Uncle Henry used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

at work

[at work] {adj, phr.} Busy at a job; doing work. * /The teacher was soon hard at work correcting that day's test./ * /Jim is at work on his car./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pip-squeak

[pip-squeak] {n.}, {informal} A small, unimportant person. * /If the club is really democratic, then every little pip-squeak […]

убить двух зайцев

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George Clemenceau

(1841-1929), French politician War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

back away

[back away] {v.} To act to avoid or lessen one's involvement in something; draw or turn back; retreat. * /The townspeople […]