v. |
[1] |
labour
,
toil
,
exert oneself
,
sweat
,
moil
,
slave (away)
,
peg away
,
slog (away)
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[2] |
till
,
plough
,
farm
,
cultivate
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[3] |
have a job
,
do work
,
hold (down) a post/position
,
earn a living
,
be employed
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[4] |
control
,
act
,
manage
,
manipulate
,
manoeuvre
,
wield
,
handle
,
operate
,
use
,
make use of
,
utilize
,
exploit
,
deal with
,
bring into play
|
[5] |
function
,
function
,
operate
,
operate
,
run
,
go
,
run
,
go
,
develop
,
turn out
,
(Colloq) pan out
|
[6] |
function
,
work on
,
process
,
operate
,
run
,
go
|
[7] |
knead
,
exercise
,
work out
,
mould
,
form
,
fashion
,
shape
,
mix
,
stir
,
incorporate
|
[8] |
manoeuvre
,
make
,
manipulate
,
guide
|
[9] |
operate
,
use
,
employ
,
put to (good/effective) use
,
wield
,
manipulate
,
ply
,
apply
,
exploit
|
[10] |
bring about
,
effect
,
accomplish
,
carry out/off
,
make
,
produce
,
achieve
,
engender
,
beget
,
create
,
do
,
put through
,
execute
,
fulfil
,
effectuate
,
implement
,
realize
|
[11] |
work in
,
find time/space for
,
include
,
insert
,
introduce
,
fit in
,
squeeze in
,
accommodate
|
[12] |
work on
,
bring
,
play
,
wheedle
,
coax
,
wreak
,
make for
,
importune
,
press
,
(Brit) pressurize
,
(US) pressure
,
influence
,
persuade
,
act on
,
prevail upon
,
induce
,
dispose
,
urge
|
[13] |
work out
,
put to work
,
exercise
,
do callisthenics
,
do aerobics
,
warm up
,
do setting-up exercises
,
do (one's) daily dozen
,
jog
,
lift weights
,
train
,
drillwork out at/to
,
equal
,
total (up to)
,
result in
,
amount to
,
come toclear up
,
resolve
,
solve
,
(Slang) (Brit/New Zealand) suss outevolve
,
develop
,
succeed
,
prosper
,
come out all right
,
prove satisfactory
,
go well
,
be effective
,
(Colloq) pan outformulate
,
work up
,
contrive
,
draw up
,
detail
,
plan
,
develop
,
devise
,
put together
,
elaborate
,
expand
,
enlarge (on)
|
[14] |
work up
,
cultivate
,
crop
,
excite
,
make excited
,
agitate
,
inflame
,
enkindle
,
arouse
,
rouse
,
stir
,
move
,
animate
,
incite
,
spur
,
(Colloq) fire (up)
,
get (someone) (all) steamed/hopped/het upprepare
,
(make/get) ready
,
whip into shape
,
develop
,
come up with
,
write up
,
put together
,
produce
,
turn outadvance
,
ascend
,
rise
,
move up/ahead/on
|
[15] |
influence
,
act upon
|
[16] |
shape
,
form
,
mold
,
mould
,
forge
|
[17] |
knead
|
[18] |
exploit
|
[19] |
solve
,
work out
,
figure out
,
puzzle out
,
lick
|
[20] |
ferment
|
[21] |
sour
,
turn
,
ferment
|
|
n. |
[1] |
labour
,
toil
,
effort
,
drudgery
,
travail
,
exertion
,
industry
|
[2] |
employment
,
piece of work
,
business
,
occupation
,
vocation
,
calling
,
profession
,
trade
,
line
,
career
,
livelihood
,
job
,
post
,
position
,
situation
|
[3] |
task
,
employment
,
function
,
duty
,
assignment
,
charge
,
responsibility
,
chore
,
commission
,
undertaking
,
stint
|
[4] |
feat
,
study
,
achievement
,
creation
,
accomplishment
,
opus
,
handiwork
,
oeuvre
,
production
,
composition
,
piece
,
master-work
,
masterpiece
,
chef-d'oeuvre
,
magnum opus
,
output
|
[5] |
in work
,
in production
,
under way
,
being done
,
in the works
,
being planned
,
in the planning stage(s)
|
[6] |
out of work
,
workplace
,
unemployed
,
idle
,
jobless
,
at liberty
,
between engagements
,
available
,
free
,
(Brit) redundant
,
(Colloq) (Brit) on the dole
,
(US) on/collecting unemployment
|
[7] |
oeuvre
,
body of work
|
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