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Vocabulary and idioms: work

This lesson will also give you several idioms which are often used in conversation. Pick and choose those attracting you!   

                                          Field work                                            Working for nothing - no money! 

                             The work surface                                                        Team work

                                     A work of art                                                 A donkey work

To work like a horse!/ Work very very hard...                          To get one's work done

And a few idioms: many proverbs and sayings are mentioning "WORK"

(let's not forget that Anglo-Saxon work ethic is based on the moral benefit and the value of WORK:)  

https://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/what-are-work-ethics-faq.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_ethic

                 Only fools and horses work...                     To work oneself to the bones

- ... a maid of all works= a Jack of all trades : (a servant who does everything)

- "The devil finds work for idle hands to do" (Those who don't work are tempted to do evil...)

- "Team work makes the dream work"   

- "Many hands makes light work" : group work is the key to success. 

- "Only fools and horses work." 

- "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...: Those who work too much without enjoying themselves are uninteresting people... 

- "All play and no work makes Jack a silly boy!...: Those who enjoy themselves and never "work" will become stupid... 

- "To throw the wrench in the works" 

- "She worked her fingers to the bones..." = to work too much

- "To work like a dog/ like a Trojan/ like a mule/ like a slave/ like a horse!" 

- "To work oneself into a lather..." : to become very upset. 

An extensive selection from which to choose...  The test should reassure you... I hope it will... I give you the FORCE... 

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