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Used with adjectives:
"
It is hard work standing up all day."
(hard, difficult, challenging, demanding, intensive, tiring, tough)
"
We appreciate her hours of dedicated work."
(dedicated, tireless, endless, valuable)
"
Helping young kids is rewarding work."
(rewarding)
"
They hired extra people to do the heavy work."
(heavy, physical, dangerous, dirty)
"
He always looks for easy work."
(easy, light, little)
"
Data entry is tedious work."
(tedious, repetitive, boring)
"
Her son asked for extra work around the house to make some money."
(extra, more)
"
The contractor does excellent work on kitchens."
(excellent, great, good, outstanding)
"
The contractor did poor work on our house."
(poor, shoddy, sloppy, bad, terrible)
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Please do your own work."
(own)
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I am looking for full-time work."
(full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary, regular, steady)
"
She does a lot of volunteer work on the weekends."
(volunteer, voluntary, charity)
"
She is good at administrative work."
(administrative, clerical, office, secretarial)
"
The roads need extensive work."
(extensive, major, repair)
Used with verbs:
"
His mistakes make more work for me."
(make, create, produce)
"
We get more work during tax season."
(get, have, receive)
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Let's begin work on the house."
(begin, start, continue, resume)
"
They completed work on the project."
(completed, finished)
"
Work was halted because of the strike."
(be + halted, be + stopped, be + held up)
"
Their work is checked regularly."
(be + checked, be + inspected, be + supervised)
"
We truly admire his work."
(admire, appreciate, value, like, love)
"
The new program requires a lot of work."
(requires, needs)
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Please submit your work by the end of the day."
(submit, turn in, hand in)
"
I am looking for work."
(be + looking for, be + searching for)
"
I want to return to work after I have the baby."
(return to, go back to)
"
I love my work."
(love, hate)
Used with prepositions:
"
I am very busy at work."
(at, with)
"
He has been out of work for three months."
(out of)
"
We met through work."
(through)
"
I need to do some work on the house."
(on)
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He does a lot of work with charities."
(with)
Used with nouns:
"
She has good work ethic."
(ethic, habits)
"
He has a busy work schedule."
(schedule)
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Please keep your work surface clean."
(surface, station, area)
"
We have a pleasant work environment."
(environment)
"
Please don't call me during work hours."
(hours)
"
She is in the country on a work visa."
(visa, permit)
"
He doesn't have enough work experience."
(experience)
