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S: (v) putter (putter%2:35:01::), mess around (mess_around%2:35:00::), potter (potter%2:35:01::), tinker (tinker%2:35:00::), monkey (monkey%2:35:00::), monkey around (monkey_around%2:35:00::), muck about (muck_about%2:35:00::), muck around (muck_around%2:35:00::) (do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly) "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

S: (v) work (work%2:41:02::) (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"

S: (v) work (work%2:41:00::), do work (do_work%2:41:00::) (be employed) "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"

S: (v) work through (work_through%2:34:00::), run through (run_through%2:34:01::), go through (go_through%2:34:01::) (apply thoroughly; think through) "We worked through an example"

S: (v) whip through (whip_through%2:41:00::) (go through very fast) "We whipped through the last papers that we had to read before the weekend"

S: (v) putter (putter%2:35:01::), mess around (mess_around%2:35:00::), potter (potter%2:35:01::), tinker (tinker%2:35:00::), monkey (monkey%2:35:00::), monkey around (monkey_around%2:35:00::), muck about (muck_about%2:35:00::), muck around (muck_around%2:35:00::) (do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly) "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

S: (v) puddle (puddle%2:35:00::) (mess around, as in a liquid or paste) "The children are having fun puddling in paint"

S: (v) carpenter (carpenter%2:41:00::) (work as a carpenter)
S: (v) clerk (clerk%2:41:00::) (work as a clerk, as in the legal business)
S: (v) page (page%2:41:00::) (work as a page) "He is paging in Congress this summer"
S: (v) wait (wait%2:41:00::), waitress (waitress%2:41:00::) (serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant) "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
S: (v) pull one's weight (pull_one's_weight%2:41:00::) (do one's share in a common task) "Bob has never pulled his weight, and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness"
S: (v) electioneer (electioneer%2:41:00::) (work actively for a political candidate or a party) "My neighbors are busy electioneering during the Presidential election campaign"
S: (v) assist (assist%2:41:00::) (act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function)

S: (v) beaver (beaver%2:41:00::), beaver away (beaver_away%2:41:00::) (work hard on something)
S: (v) work at (work_at%2:41:01::), work on (work_on%2:41:00::) (to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something) "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold"

S: (v) plug away (plug_away%2:41:00::), peg away (peg_away%2:41:00::), slog (slog%2:41:00::), keep one's nose to the grindstone (keep_one's_nose_to_the_grindstone%2:41:00::), keep one's shoulder to the wheel (keep_one's_shoulder_to_the_wheel%2:41:00::) (work doggedly or persistently) "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"
S: (v) busy (busy%2:41:00::), occupy (occupy%2:41:00::) (keep busy with) "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

S: (v) potter (potter%2:41:00::), putter (putter%2:41:00::) (work lightly) "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
S: (v) dabble (dabble%2:41:01::), smatter (smatter%2:41:00::), play around (play_around%2:41:02::) (work with in an amateurish manner) "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"

S: (v) collaborate (collaborate%2:41:00::), join forces (join_forces%2:41:00::), cooperate (cooperate%2:41:00::), get together (get_together%2:41:00::) (work together on a common enterprise of project) "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group"

S: (v) collaborate (collaborate%2:41:01::) (cooperate as a traitor) "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris"
S: (v) play along (play_along%2:41:00::), go along (go_along%2:41:00::) (cooperate or pretend to cooperate) "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment"

S: (v) volunteer (volunteer%2:41:00::) (do volunteer work)
S: (v) specialize (specialize%2:41:00::), specialise (specialise%2:41:00::) (devote oneself to a special area of work) "She specializes in honey bees"; "This baker specializes in French bread"
S: (v) minister (minister%2:41:00::) (work as a minister) "She is ministering in an old parish"
S: (v) intern (intern%2:41:00::) (work as an intern) "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"
S: (v) skipper (skipper%2:41:00::) (work as the skipper on a vessel)
S: (v) boondoggle (boondoggle%2:41:00::) (do useless, wasteful, or trivial work)
S: (v) skimp (skimp%2:41:00::), scant (scant%2:41:01::) (work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially)
S: (v) whore (whore%2:41:00::) (work as a prostitute)
S: (v) serve (serve%2:41:02::) (devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas) "She served the art of music"; "He served the church"; "serve the country"
S: (v) work (work%2:41:04::) (operate in a certain place, area, or specialty) "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics"