have words
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～ censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
hot-work
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～ roll, press, forge, or shape (metal) while hot
do work
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～ be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
put to work
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～ cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"
cold work
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～ shape (metal) without heat
work
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～ provoke or excite; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy"
work
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～ be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
work
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～ go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
work
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～ cause to operate or function; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?"
work out
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～ come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"
work in
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～ 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"
work up
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～ come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"
work
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～ make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
work
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～ cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
work out
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～ find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"
work
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～ cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"
work
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～ have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
work
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～ exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
work through
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～ apply thoroughly; think through; "We worked through an example"
work
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～ perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"