noun
Few people make it to the top and stay there without hard work
Does your work as a test pilot interfere much with your home life?
When you are finished with that work, clean out the cellar
Some of Edwin's recent works have won prizes
The budget has been approved and the project is already in work
How long have you been out of work?
verb
His father worked in the mines from the age of nine till he died of black-lung disease at forty
Would he have been healthier and longer-lived had he worked the land?
His wife works as a designer in a Parisian fashion house
Are you sure you know how to work all those dials and buttons?
Are you sure that the plan is working to your advantage?
The drill works better if you turn on the power
Work the clay into long, narrow strips. Try to work the colour in with your fingers
See if you can work him over into a corner where you can grab him
Tanya must have worked her magic on Eustace to make him that docile
I doubt that the new sports centre will work many changes in the area
I'll try and work in your comments when I write up my report
Keep working on him to try to change his mind
work out
I try to work out for an hour every day
Let's see - that works out at one car for every 4.7 people
Thaddeus is old enough to work out his own problems. Can they work out their differences
How can you be so sure that everything will work out
The captain worked out a way for them to escape
work up
Those fire-and-brimstone preachers used to get the people all worked up
Can you work up that proposal in time for Monday's meeting
In no time at all, Greg worked his way up from assembler to foreman
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