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worknoun (ACTIVITY)
- In common with many mothers, she feelstorn between her family and her work.
- You need to have agilefingers to do this kind of work.
- We had a disagreement over the fee for the work.
- We’ve finisheddecoratingupstairs but the downstairs still needs some work.
- They pay me next to nothing but I really enjoy the work.
- act as somethingphrasal verb
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- graft
- hold down a jobidiom
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- knuckle
- practising
- rush job
- short-handed
- short-staffed
- skivvy
- slack
- slave
- undertaking
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worknoun (PLACE)
- It’s at least an hour’s commute to work.
- I like the convenience of living so near work.
- She had a crash on the way to work.
- I’ve been getting a lot of aggravation at work recently.
- We back up ourcomputerfiles at work on a dailybasis.
- act as somethingphrasal verb
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- graft
- hold down a jobidiom
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- knuckle
- practising
- rush job
- short-handed
- short-staffed
- skivvy
- slack
- slave
- undertaking
worknoun (CREATION)
- This novel is his best work to date.
- The mature works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert belong to the Classical period.
- The museum’s collectionincludes works of art from all around the world.
- The exhibitionjuxtaposes Picasso’s early drawings with some of his later works.
- In a coda to the mainexhibition are various works which were once attributed to Rembrandt.
- anti-dumping
- badging
- begetter
- beta test
- beta tester
- data sheet
- deliverable
- dry goods
- dumping
- end product
- fabricator
- haul
- mover
- multi-line
- multi-product
- non-proprietary
- notion
- output
- specialize
- widget
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worknoun (SURGERY)
- ablate
- adenoidectomy
- adrenalectomy
- allograft
- amputate
- amputation
- circumcise
- eviscerate
- exteriorize
- eye lift
- flight surgeon
- frontal lobotomy
- gastrectomy
- gastric band
- keyhole surgery
- post-implantation
- post-mastectomy
- post-op
- post-surgical
- post-transfusion
worknoun (EVERYTHING)
worknoun (FACTORY)
worknoun (MACHINE)
worknoun (PHYSICS)
- aerodynamic
- aeromagnetic
- animal magnetism
- anti-gravity
- attract
- attraction
- entropic
- entropically
- equilibrant
- erg
- excited
- gravitation
- jet propulsion
- preatomic
- propulsive
- radiant energy
- radiant heat
- repulsive
- the sound barrier
- thermodynamics
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workverb (HAVE EFFECT)
- The argument that sanctions should be given more time to work is seductive but fatallyflawed.
- In conclusion, I submit that the proposal will not work without some majorchanges.
- The oppositionclaimed that the government’s educationpolicy was not working.
- My new dietseems to be working. I’ve lostweight already.
- These tactics worked well in the last match.
- act as somethingphrasal verb
- discharge
- function as something/someonephrasal verb
- functional
- functionalist
- good move
- high-performance
- make
- man
- manned
- multifunction
- multifunctional
- on
- on itidiom
- operate
- purpose
- run
- serve
- take
- work a treatidiom
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workverb (DO JOB)
- He works for a company that makes software.
- She works three afternoons a week at the library.
- She has worked as an estateagent among other things.
- I worked as an artist’s model when I was a student.
- I’m working late this evening.
- act as somethingphrasal verb
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- graft
- hold down a jobidiom
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- knuckle
- practising
- rush job
- short-handed
- short-staffed
- skivvy
- slack
- slave
- undertaking
workverb (OPERATE)
- You’re welcome to it – I can never get it to work properly.
- Dust particles must have got into the motor, which is why it isn’t working properly.
- How do you work this machine?
- It’s a common-or-garden washingmachine with just the basicfunctions, but it works perfectly well.
- The machine works according to the principle of electromagneticconduction.
- action
- actuator
- autonomously
- backfire
- deactivation
- faultily
- faulty
- fire someone upphrasal verb
- functionally
- light
- operative
- operatively
- pack upphrasal verb
- peg
- peg outphrasal verb
- play something upphrasal verb
- power (something) upphrasal verb
- road
- run
- working
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workverb (SUCCEED IN BECOMING)
- Sidney ruthlessly worked his way up from the position of juniorclerk to chairman of the company.
- She is now a seniorexecutive having worked her way up through the company.
- The splinter had worked its way under his skin.
- It will take all weekend to work through this pile of marking.
- She plans to work her way to the top.
- A game
- accomplish
- achieve
- achieve an objective
- acquit
- bear
- carry
- get (something) off the groundidiom
- get aheadphrasal verb
- get away with somethingphrasal verb
- get in/get into somethingphrasal verb
- get off on the right/wrong footidiom
- pan
- re-attain
- reach the heights of something
- ride, drive, walk, etc. (off) into the sunsetidiom
- romp through somethingphrasal verb
- sail through (something)phrasal verb
- stick
- storm
workverb (ARRANGE)
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisably
- advisedly
- allow
- cue
- fully expect someone/something to do something
- game fixing
- game something outphrasal verb
- half expect someone/something to do something
- have something in mindidiom
- muster
- presentiment
- prognosis
- programmatically
- proposed
- provide
- provide against somethingphrasal verb
- reckon
workverb (SHAPE)
- ammoglyph
- amorphous
- amorphously
- amphitheatrical
- amphitheatrically
- fish bone
- fishhook
- flecked
- flecked with something
- formless
- saccular
- sacculated
- sacculation
- sagittal
- saltire
- V-shaped
- vee
- wavery
- wavily
- weave
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- admin
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- administratively
- at the coalfaceidiom
- job sharing
- jobbing
- jobless
- joblessness
- jobseeker
- probationary
- professionalism
- professionality
- qualified
- recertify
- virtual assistant
- well qualified
- wet work
- WFH
- white-collar
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work | American Dictionary
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workverb (DO A JOB)
workverb (PERFORM AS INTENDED)
workverb (HAVE EFFECT)
workverb (MAKE OBJECT)
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worknoun (FORCE)
worknoun (PLACE)
worknoun (OBJECT)
worknoun (DO A JOB)
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work | Business English
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