noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
domestic chores (= boring tasks around the home )
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Many people find domestic chores very tedious.
thankless task/job/chore etc
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Cooking every day is a thankless task.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
daily
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For the daily chores fell mainly on the shoulders of the women: shopping, running around to find particular things.
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It seemed a pity to disturb them as we went about our daily chores .
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Whether building a cozy fire, packing a picnic or doing daily chores , everything was too much trouble.
domestic
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An outline of some of the domestic chores undertaken by Mr and Mrs McGill will help to answer this question.
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Not having a housekeeper meant most of the domestic chores became mine.
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It is not unusual for women to work a 40-hour week, followed by a further 40-hour week of domestic chores .
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I come after finishing the domestic chores at home which is not far off.
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I am bespoke in the evening, but the daytime is free, once I've done my domestic chores .
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The students shared the cooking and domestic chores .
■ NOUN
household
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Almost all household chores and the raising of children is left up to the wife.
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It is a day for household chores , for cleaning and scrubbing, or to catch up with their religious studies.
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That's the important thing. Household chores will present a bit of a problem, of course, but the children matter most.
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Juggling work and household chores , I felt ennui seeping into all phases of my life.
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It made a welcome change from household chores and got her into contact with customers which provided a little gossip.
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What should parents do to help their children complete household chores ?
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When household chores get left, you feel guilty you haven't done them because you consider it's your job.
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Consider a nine-year-old who has never been able to complete household chores consistently.
■ VERB
become
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It then becomes rather a chore having to re-apply those etch-resist transfers all over again.
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With a back, all life becomes a chore .
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If they become a chore , they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.
do
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Women raised the kids and did Bthe household chores .
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The man will more often take out the garbage, wash the dishes, and do other chores around the house.
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Huckle and Lowly must do chores , in the form of reading, letter recognition and alphabet problems.
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The boy had refused to do chores .
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They must do the chores of life, must gain in strength and wisdom to cope with the hostile time of manhood.
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Those who stay have to take classes, do chores , and save 70 percent of their welfare checks.
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Sometimes Deborah had to shout at Scott to get him to do his extra chores .
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Another organized a Chore Service that paid neighborhood kids to do chores for the elderly.
finish
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All at once he was eager to finish his chores , in order to be ready for what he had to do.
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I come after finishing the domestic chores at home which is not far off.
help
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Sometimes she would give him money on the sly and he would help her with chores .
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First to Mark, who had generously stayed on to help with the final chores .
perform
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It seemed most residents figured out how to perform their morning chores , take their kids to school and get to work.
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Its members take on the characteristics of mechanical cogs, performing their prescribed chores until they are worn out and replaced.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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household chores
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Husbands should be prepared to do their share of the household chores.
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Michael, come on. Do your chores, bud.
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Somehow he persuaded his sister to do his chores for him.
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Washing the kitchen floor was a daily chore , and it was the one I hated most.
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When I got old enough I started to have chores around the house.
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When we opened the store, our ambition was to make shopping less of a chore , more of a pleasure.
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Writing Christmas cards can be such a chore .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even then, you might still finish each day feeling guilty about the many chores which inevitably remain undone.
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Finding all the free-flowing wells is a chore , Kerr said.
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However, even this chore was quickly organised to accommodate regular visits to his beloved Scourie.
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It seemed most residents figured out how to perform their morning chores, take their kids to school and get to work.
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One morning I saw Mrs Goreng's chauffeur grinning as he went about his chore of servicing the jeep.
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Some of the wives and the smaller children were doing smaller chores in the fish house.
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The preparation of a claim should not be the chore that it so often becomes.
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Their aim: to take some of the pain and the expense out of the annual chore of filing a tax return.