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work at

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Verb1.work at - to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold"
work on
work - 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"
belabor, belabour - to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"


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Whose patience, fidelity, and hard work have gone far to make the work at Tuskegee successful.
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If I break you in, I'll be doing plenty of your work at first.
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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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