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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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kept them at the job

0Nevertheless, relatively good wages-01del00and the thought of finding their own gold02del00-kept miners 01b00at the job.02b02br
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01b00... on doing the job.02b02br
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00Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks.0-
  

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0 "on the job" OR "...kept the miners' minds on doing their work".0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10 "on the job" OR "...kept the miners' minds on doing their work". 12br
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10Thanks, Feebs.02br
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00To make sure, doesn't "at th job" work for you? The original uses "at the job."0-
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0 I prefer "on the job". 0-
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