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  • 61work — noun see all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy work expands so as to fill the time available it is not work that kills, but worry the devil finds work for idle hands to do the end crowns the work …

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  • 62work up — verb 1. form or accumulate steadily (Freq. 4) Resistance to the manager s plan built up quickly Pressure is building up at the Indian Pakistani border • Syn: ↑build up, ↑build, ↑progress • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 63work — n 1. labor, toil, exertion, effort, endeavor, exercise; travail, drudgery, slavery, sweat, moil, grind; handwork, spadework, legwork; industry, diligence, trouble, pains; stress, strain, Inf. elbow grease; discipline, drill, workout, exercising,… …

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  • 64WORK-IX — Der WORK IX ist ein Internet Knoten in Hamburg. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Entwicklung 2 Technik 3 Kapazität 4 Einzelnachweise …

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  • 65work — {{11}}work (n.) O.E. weorc, worc something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification, from P.Gmc. *werkan (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., Du. werk, O.N. verk, M.Du. warc, O.H.G. werah, Ger. Werk, Goth. gawaurki), from PIE root *werg to …

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  • 66work up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you work yourself up, you make yourself feel very upset or angry about something. → See also worked up [V pron refl P into/to n] She worked herself up into a bit of a state... [V pron refl P] Don t just lie there working… …

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  • 67work — 1. noun 1) a day s work in the fields Syn: labour, toil, slog, drudgery, exertion, effort; informal grind, sweat; Brit.; informal graft 2) I m looking for work Syn: employment …

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  • 68work in — verb add by mixing or blending on or attaching work in the butter and the dough will get the right consistency In his speech, the presidential candidate worked in a lot of learned words • Hypernyms: ↑add • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * *… …

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  • 69work in — phrasal verb work in or work into [transitive] Word forms work in : present tense I/you/we/they work in he/she/it works in present participle working in past tense worked in past participle worked in 1) to add one thing or idea to another, or… …

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  • 70work — /wɜ:k/ noun 1. things done using the hands or brain 2. a job, something done to earn money ● It is not the work itself that the employees are complaining about ● He goes to work by bus. ● She never gets home from work before 8 p.m. ● His work… …

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