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The talk was all of the trade that came and went on the waterways and the growth of the traffic on the river, as the roads out of the East towards Mirkwood vanished or fell into disuse; and of the bickerings of the Lake-men and the Wood-elves about the upkeep of the Forest River and the care of the banks. (source)upkeep = the maintenance required to keep something in good working order
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He had a one-room apartment over a garage, enjoyed doing the repairs and upkeep on the old lodge, loved being back within walking distance of untamed country, and was staying sober.† (source)
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"Let me remind you," Barney Northrup said, "the rent here is cheaper than what your old house costs in upkeep."† (source)
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They no longer wanted the bother of raising the girls in their own households, so they simply handed them over to the Temple of the Goddess, paying well for their upkeep.† (source)
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An average day for me, if such a notion can be applied to a castaway, went like this: Sunrise to mid-morning: wake up prayers breakfast for Richard Parker general inspection of raft and lifeboat, with particular attention paid to all knots and ropes tending of solar stills (wiping, inflating, topping off with water) breakfast and inspection of food stores fishing and preparing of fish if any caught (gutting, cleaning, hanging of strips of flesh on lines to cure in the sun) Mid-morning to late afternoon: prayers light lunch rest and restful activities (writing in diary, examining of scabs and sores, upkeeping of equipment, puttering about locker, observation and study of Richard Parker, picki† (source)upkeeping = doing maintenance required to keep something in good working order
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In her opinion, the firm should pay for our upkeep, but that's ridiculous.† (source)
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Courtesans go through the same experience: they're taken in at a young age, and are bound to their brothels until they can earn back every coin that went into their training, upkeep, and wardrobe.† (source)
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The dispersal of the rest was rather minutely itemized: the taxes and improvements on the Lake Geneva estate had come to almost nine thousand dollars; the general up-keep, including Beatrice's electric and a French car, bought that year, was over thirty-five thousand dollars.† (source)
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Just basic upkeep.† (source)
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But if I threaten to leave him, he calls me the poor little rich girl (which, if we actually were rich, would be a whole different story) and says I can't leave him because no man we know around here could afford the upkeep!† (source)
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Dark blue means scientist or researcher, and green means support staff—they do maintenance, upkeep, things like that.† (source)
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Their ships needed upkeep: floors mopped, walls painted, windows washed, trash taken out.† (source)
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"I'm not much for car upkeep simply for aesthetics' sake," he said.† (source)
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These things were a man's job, he liked to say, proud of his own upkeep.† (source)
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They were parked on the opposite side of the street, outside a duplex of identical construction and upkeep.† (source)
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Landlords filled the apartment complexes through government housing programs, which brought in African American tenants, and simultaneously cut back on upkeep, allowing the complexes to fall into disrepair.† (source)
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