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working Adjective 1. having a job: the working mother 2. concerned with, used in, or suitable for work: working conditions 3. capable of being operated or used: a working mechanism Noun 1. a part of a mine or quarry that is or has been used 2. workings the way that something works: the workings of the human brain
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working adjective 1. employed, labouring, in work, in a job adjective 2. functioning, going, running, operating, active, operative, operational, functional, usable, serviceable, in working order Translationsa working knowledge of English → une connaissance toute pratique de l'anglais a working knowledge of English work (= adequate); Grundkenntnisse in Englisch in working order → funzionante; working knowledge → conoscenza pratica |
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Immediately I classified him--a sort of prodigy, I thought, a Blind Tom** of the working class. It has been remarked that a skilful workman, with fitting tools and measures, would find it very difficult to make cells of wax of the true form, though this is perfectly effected by a crowd of bees working in a dark hive. All over the district people were dining and supping; working men were gardening after the labours of the day, children were being put to bed, young people were wandering through the lanes love-making, stu- dents sat over their books. |
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