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| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | an industrious man of letters | писатель-работяга |
| Gruzovik, obs. | be industrious | прилежать |
| obs. | be industrious | прилежать |
| gen. | he is an industrious student | он – прилежный студент |
| lit. | industrious idler | кипучий лентяй (Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, The Twelve Chairs, ch. 10. Used ironically with reference to persons whose furious activity is nothing but a disguise for idleness, who talk a great deal but never bring anything to completion. VLZ_58) |
| gen. | industrious person | трудолюбец |
| Gruzovik | industrious person | трудолюбец (= трудолюб) |
| Gruzovik | industrious person | трудолюб |
| gen. | industrious person | трудолюбивый человек (Andrey Truhachev) |