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work on

/wɜːrk ɒn/

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verb

/wɜːrk ɒn/B1formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по приложению усилий для улучшения, развития или исправления чего-либо, или сосредоточения на задаче или проекте.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of putting effort into improving, developing, or repairing something, or focusing on a task or project.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. To put effort into improving or developing somethingformal

    To spend time and effort trying to improve, develop, or complete a task, project, or skill.

    ruРаботать над

    • I need to work on my Spanish pronunciation.
    • The team is working on a new marketing strategy.
    • She has been working on her novel for two years.

    Synonymsaddressadvanceattend tobuild onconcentrate oncultivatedevelopenhancefocus onimproveperfectpolishprogressrefine

  2. To influence or persuade someoneinformal

    To try to persuade someone or influence their feelings or decisions.

    ruВоздействовать

    • He's working on his parents to let him borrow the car.
    • She worked on her boss for a promotion.
    • They are working on the committee to change the rules.

    Synonymscoaxconvinceinduceinfluencepersuadeswaywin over

Forms
  • worked on past participle
  • worked on past simple
  • working on present participle
  • works on third person singular

Base verbwork

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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