hard+work

  • 41Hard keeper — A hard keeper or (British English) poor doer is a horse or other livestock animal that is naturally prone to be thin, will lose weight quickly, and has difficulty gaining weight. A horse that is too thin is not necessarily a hard keeper. The… …

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  • 42work */*/*/ — I UK [wɜː(r)k] / US [wɜrk] verb Word forms work : present tense I/you/we/they work he/she/it works present participle working past tense worked past participle worked 1) [intransitive] to spend time trying to achieve something, especially when… …

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  • 43hard job — Synonyms and related words: Augean task, Herculean task, arduousness, backbreaker, backbreaking work, ballbuster, bitch, burdensomeness, chore, dead lift, effortfulness, handful, hard labor, hard pull, hard work, heavy sledding, laboriousness,… …

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  • 44hard labor — Synonyms and related words: arduousness, backbreaking work, burdensomeness, confinement, dismemberment, effortfulness, estrapade, galleys, hard job, hard work, impalement, imprisonment, incarceration, jailing, keelhauling, laboriousness,… …

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  • 45hard*/*/*/ — [hɑːd] adj I 1) stiff, firm, and not easy to bend or break hard wooden benches[/ex] The ice on the lake was so hard we could walk on it.[/ex] 2) difficult to do Some of the questions were very hard.[/ex] I found the English exam quite hard.[/ex]… …

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  • 46Work-at-home scheme — A Work at Home scheme is a get rich quick scheme in which a victim is lured by an offer to be employed at home, very often doing some simple task in a minimal amount of time with a large amount of income that far exceeds the market rate for the… …

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  • 47work*/*/*/ — [wɜːk] verb I 1) to have a job Dominic works part time.[/ex] She works for a big law firm in the city.[/ex] She worked as a journalist.[/ex] I hope to work in marketing when I m older.[/ex] 2) [I] to spend time and use effort trying to achieve… …

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  • 48hard yakka — I Australian Slang hard manual labour; laborious physical work II Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) hard work, associated with labouring …

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  • 49work out — verb 1. come up with (Freq. 16) His colleagues worked out his interesting idea We worked up an ad for our client • Syn: ↑work up • Hypernyms: ↑develop, ↑make grow …

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  • 50work 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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