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      pl n  
1    often functioning as sing   a place where a number of people are employed, such as a factory  
2    the sum total of a writer's or artist's achievements, esp. when considered together  
the works of Shakespeare     
3    the deeds of a person, esp. virtuous or moral deeds performed as religious acts  
works of charity     
4    the interior parts of the mechanism of a machine, etc.  
the works of a clock     
5    in the works  
Informal   in preparation  
6    spanner in the works      See       spanner       2  
7    the works  
a    full or extreme treatment  
b    a very violent physical beating  
to give someone the works     
8    Slang   a syringe  
9    modifier   of or denoting a racing car, etc., that is officially entered by a manufacturer in an event  
a works entry     

clerk of works  
      n   an employee who supervises building work in progress or the upkeep of existing buildings  
ex works  
      adj   ex-works when prenominal     (Brit)   (of a price, value, etc.) excluding the cost of delivery from the factory and sometimes excluding the commission or profit of the distributor or retailer  
the price is £500 ex works     
freezing works  
      n     (Austral. and N.Z)   a slaughterhouse at which animal carcasses are frozen for export  
   See also       chamber       10  
public works  
upper works  
      pl n     (Nautical)   the parts of a vessel above the waterline when fully laden  
works council  
      n     (Chiefly Brit)  
1    a council composed of both employer and employees convened to discuss matters of common interest concerning a factory, plant, business policy, etc., not covered by regular trade union agreements  
2    a body representing the workers of a plant, factory, etc., elected to negotiate with the management about working conditions, wages, etc.,   (Also called)    works committee  
Diccionario de inglés definición  


1    factory, mill, plant, shop, workshop  
2    canon, oeuvre, output, productions, writings  
3    actions, acts, deeds, doings  
4    action, guts     (informal)   innards     (informal)   insides     (informal)   machinery, mechanism, movement, moving parts, parts, workings  

Diccionario de inglés sinónimos  

1    drudgery, effort, elbow grease     (facetious)   exertion, grind     (informal)   industry, labour, slog, sweat, toil, travail     (literary)  
2    bread and butter     (informal)   business, calling, craft, duty, employment, job, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, office, profession, pursuit, trade  
3    assignment, chore, commission, duty, job, stint, task, undertaking  
4    achievement, composition, creation, handiwork, oeuvre, opus, performance, piece, production  
5    art, craft, skill, workmanship  
6    out of work      idle, jobless, on the dole     (Brit. informal)   on the street, out of a job, unemployed  
7    break one's back, drudge, exert oneself, labour, peg away, slave, slog (away), sweat, toil  
8    be employed, be in work, do business, earn a living, have a job  
9    act, control, direct, drive, handle, manage, manipulate, move, operate, ply, use, wield  
10    function, go, operate, perform, run  
11    cultivate, dig, farm, till  
12    fashion, form, handle, knead, make, manipulate, mould, process, shape  
13    be agitated, convulse, move, twitch, writhe  
14      (often with)       up   arouse, excite, move, prompt, provoke, rouse, stir  
15    accomplish, achieve, bring about, carry out, cause, contrive, create, effect, encompass, execute, implement  
16    force, make one's way, manoeuvre, move, progress  
17      (informal)   arrange, bring off, contrive, exploit, fiddle     (informal)   fix     (informal)   handle, manipulate, pull off, swing     (informal)  
,       n  
1    ease, leisure, relaxation, rest  
2    entertainment, hobby, holiday, play, recreation, retirement, spare time, unemployment  
3    child's play     (informal)  
7    have fun, mark time, play, relax, skive     (Brit. slang)   take it easy  
10    be broken, be out of order  
15    counteract, nullify, prevent, reverse  
16    remain  

life work     
business, calling, career, interest, mission, occupation, profession, purpose, pursuit, vocation, work  
out of work     
idle, jobless, laid off, on the dole     (Brit.)   out of a job, redundant, unemployed  
drill, exercise, exercise session, practice session, training, training session, warm-up  
work out  
1    accomplish, achieve, attain, win  
2    calculate, clear up, figure out, find out, puzzle out, resolve, solve, suss (out)     (slang)  
3    arrange, construct, contrive, develop, devise, elaborate, evolve, form, formulate, plan, put together  
4    be effective, flourish, go as planned, go well, prosper, prove satisfactory, succeed  
5    come out, develop, evolve, go, happen, pan out     (informal)   result, turn out  
6    do exercises, drill, exercise, practise, train, warm up  
7    add up to, amount to, come to, reach, reach a total of  
work up     
agitate, animate, arouse, enkindle, excite, foment, generate, get (someone) all steamed up     (slang)   incite, inflame, instigate, move, rouse, spur, stir up, wind up     (informal)  

Diccionario de inglés sinónimos  

! it is not in the dress that he carries that we recognise the wise man, but in his works n.
ce n'est pas à l'habit qu'il porte qu'on reconnaît l'homme sage, mais à ses oeuvres

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someone who works as a dishwasher
a model or example that shows how something works
Work In Progress
can be used as an adjectif : this program is WIP
grunt work is hard, uninteresting work
US informal
work perfectly performed
fils adopté, travail doublé
1.act silly; 2. avoid work
bon ouvrier ne viendra jamais tard à son travail
This is a term rising in popularity
neologism ... created on some blog
l'homme ne vit pas du nom, mais du travail
to concentrate and to sacrifice

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