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We set to work with might and main.

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我々は全力をつくして仕事に取り掛かった。
我々[われわれ] は 全力[ぜんりょく] を つくし て 仕事[しごと] に 取り掛かっ[とりかかっ] た 。

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  1. halfb1t
    Nov 24th 2012, 14:13
    "Might and main" is both adverb and noun. It's an adverb in "We set to work might and main." Melville uses it this way. It's also a cliché, and would find its most typical use as a noun in "We set to work with all our might and main."

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