Paulistanos are infamous workaholics; other Brazilians joke about their obsession with meetings and office politics and all the trappings of business.

render aid; render money

With the opening of Yangchow the Mission had struck out in a new direction, for that city was situated on the northern section of the Grand Canal, which in those days, before the sea-route had become popular, was the highroad from the south to Peking and the northern provinces.

How am I begiving? To whom do I begive and why? What is the quality of my begiving? How willing am I to begive? How much? To what extent?