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Time passed rapidly and the work didn't advance at all.
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Vocabulary list

jikan
noun
  1. time
  2. hour
  3. period; class; lesson
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
dondon
adverb, adverb taking the to particle
  1. drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging; booming; stamping
  2. rapidly; quickly; steadily
  3. continuously; one after the other; in succession
sugiru

masu stem

sugi
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
  2. to pass (of time); to elapse
  3. to have expired; to have ended; to be over
  4. to exceed; to surpass; to be above
  5. to be no more than ... (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, suffix
  1. to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... (often used after adj. stems or the -masu stems of verbs)
shigoto
noun, suru verb
  1. work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
noun
  1. work
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
mattaku
adverb, no adjective
  1. really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
  2. indeed
interjection
  1. good grief (expression of exasperation)
hakadoru

Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

hakadoranakatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to make progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

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