(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Working people have jobs which they are paid to do.
Like ~ women anywhere, Asian women are buying convenience foods.
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2.
Working people are ordinary people who do not have professional or very highly paid jobs.
The needs and opinions of ordinary ~ people were ignored...
= ~ class
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3.
A ~ day or week is the amount of time during a normal day or week which you spend doing your job. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use workday , work week )
For doctors the ~ day often has no end...
Automation would bring a shorter, more flexible ~ week.
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4.
A ~ day is a day on which people go to work. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use workday )
The full effect will not be apparent until Tuesday, the first ~ day after the three day holiday weekend.
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5.
Your ~ life is the period of your life in which you have a job or are of a suitable age to have a job.
He started his ~ life as a truck driver.
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6.
The ~ population of an area consists of all the people in that area who have a job or who are of a suitable age to have a job.
Almost 13 per cent of the ~ population is already unemployed.
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7.
Working conditions or practices are ones which you have in your job.
The strikers are demanding higher pay and better ~ conditions.
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8.
Working clothes are designed for doing work in, and are intended to be practical rather than attractive.
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9.
A ~ relationship is the relationship you have with someone when you work with them.
The vice-president seems to have a good ~ relationship with the president.
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10.
A ~ farm or business exists to do normal work and make a profit, and not only for tourists or as someone’s hobby.
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11.
The ~ parts of a machine are the parts which move and operate the machine, in contrast to the outer case or container in which they are enclosed.
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12.
A ~ model is one that has parts that move.
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13.
A ~ knowledge or majority is not very great, but is enough to be useful.
This book was designed in order to provide a ~ knowledge of finance and accounts...
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14.
A ~ title or definition is one which you use when starting to make or do something, but which you are likely to change or improve.
His ~ title for the script was ‘Trust the People’.
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15.
The ~s of a piece of equipment, an organization, or a system are the ways in which it operates and the processes which are involved in it.
Neural networks are computer systems which mimic the ~s of the brain...
N-PLURAL: usu N of n
16.
in ~ order: see order