| Text | Length |
| Squabbling | 10 |
| Take a crack __ (try) | 21 |
| Quarreling | 10 |
| Arguing | 7 |
| Slaving away | 12 |
| Keep __ (persist) | 17 |
| Keep ___ (persevere) | 20 |
| Toiling | 7 |
| Persevering | 11 |
| Very busy | 9 |
| Fighting like mad | 17 |
| Busy, busy, busy | 16 |
| Sparring | 8 |
| Busily working | 14 |
| Arguing loudly | 14 |
| Working busily | 14 |
| Keep ___ (persist) | 18 |
| Have a go __ (try) | 18 |
| Working diligently | 18 |
| Having a tiff | 13 |
| Has one's nose to the grindstone | 36 |
| Going full tilt | 15 |
| Going ___ tooth and nail | 24 |
| Going ___ (fighting) | 20 |
| Going ___ (bickering) | 21 |
| Feuding | 7 |
| Exchanging words | 16 |
| Spatting | 8 |
| Persisting | 10 |
| Locking horns | 13 |
| Having words | 12 |
| Have ___ (try) | 14 |
| Going strong | 12 |
| Going full throttle | 19 |
| Going | 5 |
| Go ___ (fight) | 14 |
| Fighting tooth and nail | 23 |
| Wrangling | 9 |
| Take a crack __ | 15 |
| Scuffling | 9 |
| Keep _____ (persevere) | 22 |
| Keep ____ | 9 |
| Having an argument | 18 |
| Have ___ (tackle) | 17 |
| Grinding away | 13 |
| Going __: squabbling | 20 |
| Fully engaged | 13 |
| Causing trouble | 15 |
| Busy working | 12 |
| Busily engaged | 14 |
| Buckling down | 13 |
| Words after keep or have | 24 |
| Words after keep or go | 22 |
| Words after hard or keep | 24 |
| Warring, say | 12 |
| Vigorously pursuing something | 29 |
| Up and ___ (working) | 20 |
| Toiling hard | 12 |
| Steadily working | 16 |
| Scrapping | 9 |
| Persevering, say | 16 |
| On task | 7 |
| Like perennial rivals, constantly | 33 |
| Keep --- (persevere) | 20 |
| Keep -- (persist) | 17 |
| Keep ____: persevere | 20 |
| Keep ___ (plug along) | 21 |
| Keep ___ (continue) | 19 |
| Keep __ (persevere) | 19 |
| In an argument | 14 |
| In a shouting match, perhaps | 28 |
| How some may be going | 21 |
| Having one's nose to the grindstone | 39 |
| Having a tiff, say | 18 |
| “Have ___!” (“Go ahead!”) | 41 |
| Have ___ (undertake) | 20 |
| Have ___ (go after) | 19 |
| Have ___ (fight) | 16 |
| Have ___ (begin) | 16 |
| Has one's nose to the grindstone, e.g. | 42 |
| Going head to head | 18 |
| Going ___ (battling) | 20 |
| Going __ (fighting) | 19 |
| Go ___ hammer and tongs | 23 |
| Go ___ (tussle) | 15 |
| Get ___ (start work) | 20 |
| Fighting, often with "again" | 38 |
| Fighting (again) | 16 |
| Busy on a job | 13 |
| Busy as a bee | 13 |
| Busting one's hump | 22 |
| Busting one's back | 22 |
| Bickering, say | 14 |
| Bickering back and forth | 24 |
| Battling with each other | 24 |
| Battling fiercely | 17 |
| Back to old habits | 18 |
| Attacking the task | 18 |
| Attacking the job | 17 |
| "While you're ---, could you ..." | 47 |
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