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  • 81work to — follow or operate within the constraints of (a plan or system) working to tight deadlines * * * work to [phrasal verb] work to (something) chiefly Brit : to work within the limits of (something) We have to work to a very tight budget. • • • Main… …

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  • 82work — [OE] Work is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Indo European *werg , *worg ‘do, work’ (other members include energy, organ, and orgy). From this base was formed the noun *wergon, which passed into… …

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  • 83work — (from Idioms in Speech) to be successful or effective; to have the desired result (of a plan or a method, something used or attempted) This idea might just work. (I. Murdoch) It s a pretty theory, Shannon. In practice it won t work. (A. Cronin)… …

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  • 84work at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms work at : present tense I/you/we/they work at he/she/it works at present participle working at past tense worked at past participle worked at work at something to try hard to develop or improve something If… …

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  • 85work up to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms work up to : present tense I/you/we/they work up to he/she/it works up to present participle working up to past tense worked up to past participle worked up to 1) work up to something to prepare yourself to do …

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  • 86work — [OE] Work is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Indo European *werg , *worg ‘do, work’ (other members include energy, organ, and orgy). From this base was formed the noun *wergon, which passed into… …

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  • 87Work-in — Un work in (anglicisme formé à partir de « work » qui désigne le travail, et «  in » qui évoque l idée de manifestation) est une forme d action directe dans laquelle des travailleurs dont l emploi est menacé de suppression, se …

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  • 88WORK — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index work noun drudge, effort, employee, employer, employment (2), labor, laborer, mission, practice (2), project …

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  • 89work — The supply of physical, mental, and emotional effort to produce goods and services for own consumption, or for consumption by others. Productive work falls into three main categories: economic activity or employment , unpaid domestic and leisure… …

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  • 90work — Production of an effect by exertion of a force. Energy is needed to do work and work is measured in joules. Also see chrome work …

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