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work at something 1. . to work in a particular trade or craft. He works at carpentry when he has the time. Julie works at editing for a living. 2. . to work on a specific task, machine, device, etc. She was working at repairing the cabinet when I came home. Todd is working at his computer. See also: work How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Whose patience, fidelity, and hard work have gone far to make the work at Tuskegee successful. If I break you in, I'll be doing plenty of your work at first. Whether this imperfection of structure arises from an enlargement of the plan; or from the imperfect reconcilement in the writer's own mind of the struggling elements of thought which are now first brought together by him; or, perhaps, from the composition of the work at different times-- are questions, like the similar question about the Iliad and the Odyssey, which are worth asking, but which cannot have a distinct answer. |
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