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1  Many women held babies in one arm and worked at the stove with the other.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Two First Cross-examination
2  Almost in tears, he ran to the servitors working quietly at the copying machine.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Five The whip-man
3  He's got a very good reputation as a defence barrister and for working with the poor.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni
4  There's five flats in this block alone where he's been thrown out after working his way in there.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
5  Half grown girls, who seemed to be dressed in just their pinafores worked hardest running to and fro.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Two First Cross-examination
6  He could still make up for both of those things, though, if he went to the wine bar where Elsa worked.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - ...
7  He dressed hurriedly, without the time to think and assemble the various plans he had worked out during the week.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Two First Cross-examination
8  nodded, and quietly cursed Kaminer who worked at his bank and who was always active doing things that had neither use nor purpose.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - ...
9  would also go, once a week, to see a girl called Elsa who worked as a waitress in a wine bar through the night until late in the morning.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - ...
10  He had been studying it for a day and a night without a break - as these officials are indeed hard working, no-one works as hard as they do.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
11  The girl's intention may have been good, perhaps she was under instructions to distract him or to give him the chance to collect himself, but the attempt had not worked.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
12  I've got a family to feed, and Franz here wanted to get married, you just have to get more money where you can, you can't do it just by working hard, not however hard you try.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Five The whip-man
13  I don't suppose any of us is hard-hearted, perhaps we'd all like to be helpful, but working for the court offices it's easy for us to give the impression we are hard-hearted and don't want to help anyone.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
14  But instead of working he turned round in his chair, slowly moved various items around his desk, but then, without being aware of it, he lay his arm stretched out on the desk top and sat there immobile with his head sunk down on his chest.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
15  When it was nearly morning, and he had been working for twenty-four hours with probably very little result, he went to the front entrance, waited there in ambush, and every time a lawyer tried to enter the building he would throw him down the steps.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
16  This decision, on the day he intended to go to see the lawyer, took a lot of the strength he needed for his work, he worked exceptionally slowly, he had to remain in his office a long time, and it was already past ten o'clock when he finally stood in front of the lawyer's front door.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Eight Block, the businessman - Dismissing the ...
17  You come home one day and find all the documents you've submitted, which you've worked hard to create and which you had the best hopes for, lying on the desk, they've been sent back as they can't be carried through to the next stage in the trial, they're just worthless scraps of paper.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
ContextHighlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
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