to work

Spend time and effort improving or finishing something

To try very hard to do or deal with something difficult

To try hard to achieve something, especially against difficulty

To try hard to get better at or finish something over time

Getting better at a task or skill you are working on

To deal with a problem, task, or feeling step by step until it is done

To work hard for a long time at a dull or repeated task

To work very hard for a long time

To make slow progress when it is difficult

Spend a lot of time doing hard, tiring tasks

Continue and finish a task with strong effort when it is hard or you are tired

To work slowly and steadily on a difficult task

To work hard for a long time on a task that is difficult or tiring

To use a lot of energy to do a hard job for a long time

To return to an earlier, less developed or worse state

To stop growing or changing and stay the same, like water in a pond

You are in the place where you do your job

Without a job and trying to find one

Try very hard for a long time to do something

Spend a lot of time doing hard, tiring tasks

To make something much better using skill and new ideas

Do very hard, long jobs until you are very tired

Try very hard for some time

You have too much work and not enough time

To use a lot of energy to do a hard job for a long time

To do something with a lot of energy and good results

Act with different goals so people cannot work well together

To put a lot of effort into work and enjoy free time actively

Great care and effort for your job

A humorous question asking if people do their job a lot or only a little

A lifestyle of very hard work followed by active free time

A state of always thinking about your job even when trying to relax

Follow rules exactly to make tasks slower as a protest

To do very hard, long tasks until you are very tired

Spend time and effort improving or finishing something

To find a solution or plan by thinking carefully

To happen in a certain way, often with a good result

To do something with other people to reach the same goal

To try hard to get better at or finish something over time

To travel from home to your job

Start doing your job again after a break

To add something carefully into a mixture or conversation

To start doing your job, often after a delay

To find an answer to a problem by thinking or talking

To exercise to improve your health

To deal with a problem, task, or feeling step by step until it is done

To calculate a number or total from given facts

To start operating and do the job it was made for

To act with confidence and skill to attract other people's attention

Make someone or something start working by giving tasks

To become very upset or angry because of something

To gradually build up a feeling such as confidence or interest

To develop an idea, plan, or design with effort

To start doing a task or project seriously

To do your job at night rather than during the day

To earn money by having a job

To get rid of something by exercising or paying money

To make something much better or more successful

To do work using your hands, like making or fixing things

To physically attack and beat someone to punish or threaten them

To begin working right away with energy

To keep doing a job or task without stopping for a long time

To move around a party or event and talk to many people to make connections

Finish a task quickly and well

To finish something quickly and with little effort

To carefully check and change writing or plans for mistakes

Get a professional to do a job for you

To plan or check earlier steps by working backwards from a deadline

Make someone very tired by giving them too much to do

To finish a task quickly and with little effort

Relax and feel less stressed after work

To shape metal by bending or hitting it at room temperature without heat

Do a simple job slowly or in the wrong way so it is much harder than needed

To stop doing a job to protest for better pay or conditions

Act alone in a company without sharing information with other teams

To do paid work instead of volunteering

A lot of steady effort to achieve something difficult

A type of job someone does to earn money

An object like a painting or sculpture that people think is beautiful and made with skill

Police investigate crimes and enforce the law

Unpleasant or shameful tasks that other people avoid

A project that is not finished yet

Happening after the workday ends

A casual gathering with colleagues after the workday to relax

A careful search to find information and solve a crime or mystery

Complete collection of works a person creates, like books or paintings

Something impressive but difficult, for example a book or building, and sometimes a person who behaves strangely

Kind actions that help people and serve a higher purpose

Trained workers help people, families, or communities in need

Secret work where someone gathers information for the police or security

Official paper that lets a person from another country work in that country for a time

Clothes you wear for hard, dirty jobs that protect you and last a long time

A set of treatments a dentist gives to fix or keep teeth and gums healthy

Study done outside in natural places like forests or villages

Boring, simple jobs that are necessary and take a lot of time

A time when workers stop working to protest about pay or conditions

Planned activities by religious people to share their faith and help communities

A camp where prisoners must do hard physical work

A day when someone usually works at their job

Work that installs, fixes, or looks after wires and devices that bring power into a building

Tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and child care seen as the job of women

A flat surface like a table or countertop where you do work

The hours when a person must work for their job

A strong shirt made of thick cloth for people who do physical jobs

A piece of creative writing like a novel, poem, or play

An easy task that takes little effort

Simple unpleasant tasks that no one wants to do

Very hard work that makes your back ache

Secret killings and violent acts that governments or criminals carry out

A period of time when you are scheduled to work, for example morning or night

A table for doing a particular job, like sewing or woodwork

A strong shoe that protects your feet during hard work

A book you use to look up facts, not to read from start to finish

A system where students do paid part-time work and study to gain experience

A written story to be performed, like a play or screenplay

Tasks given mainly to keep someone busy instead of producing useful results

A song with a steady beat people sing to make repeating work easier, for example in fields or on ships

A belief that hard work, discipline, and saving money are morally good, often linked to Protestant Christianity

Workers who stay at their workplace and keep working to protest closure or job cuts

Official documents that show a person may have a job, often for immigrants or young workers

A careful check of a job to find faster, easier ways to do it

Music for a small group of instruments with one player per part

The job of shaping and joining thin metal sheets to make building parts like vents

Activities that help people who are poor or in need

A trained creature people use to pull and carry heavy loads like horses or oxen

A group of people who do a physical task together, like clearing fallen trees

Friendly relationships between people who work together that can cause problems

A type of metal that stays hard at high temperatures used to make cutting tools like drills

To manage a job and family life at the same time

Work done by a person who is not a lawyer to help legal cases, like preparing documents and doing research

Work of designing, making, and fixing metal tools and forms used to make parts

Not willing to do a job or make an effort

Clothes you wear for hard jobs that protect you and are strong

The order and speed that tasks are done at work

A close, supportive colleague you have a personal bond with that is not romantic

A social event an employer arranges for employees to celebrate and relax

A protest where employees slow down by doing only required tasks

A standard amount of energy used to measure work, for example the joule

A small task sent to a computer to run with other tasks

A flat board that you use as a surface for sewing, carving, or other crafts

Clothes you wear to do physical work that are strong and protect you

Clothes people wear to protect them during physical work