Both Uses of
diligent
in
The Bourne Supremacy
- That was very diligent of you.†
Chpt 18diligent = hard work and care
- and then for courtesy's sake reverting to English to show respect for his host's diligence in learning it.
Chpt 37 *diligence = hard work
Definitions:
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(1)
(diligent as in: she is diligent) working carefully and steadily with effort and attention to detail
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More specifically in law, diligence or due diligence refers to the care or attention expected by the law in doing something such as fulfilling the terms of a contract.
More rarely, but sometimes seen in classic literature, a diligence is a public stagecoach.