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any
Determinative
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some or even the smallest amount or number
Do you want any coffee?
There aren't any pencils left, not even one.
Don't tell me. I don't want to hear any more about it.
Are you sure there's some here? I don't see any.
Slow down. I can't go any faster.
It doesn't look any different to me.
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one, but it is not important which one
Please ask me. I can answer any question.
There was no problem of any kind.
I would say the same thing to any person.
Any information that you have would be helpful.
In any case, it doesn't really matter.
It doesn't matter. I'll take any that's left over.
work
Verb
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If you work, you do a job, usually for money.
My father works at Microsoft.
I got to work at 7:30 each morning.
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If you work you are doing something that needs effort.
I worked on my school paper all night long.
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If somethings works it has done what it was supposed to do.
If my computer didn't work I couldn't type this.
I'm glad our plan worked.
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How something works is how it does what it does.
I would like to know more about how cars work.
The rules here just do not work that way.
work
Noun
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Your work is your job.
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Work is effort it takes to do something. That is, its what makes you tired when you do something hard.
Moving heavy logs takes a lot of work.
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Work is force through a distance (force times distance). This is how much energy you used to move something.
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A work is the product of something, the result of working on it. That is, its something someone has made.
The painting was a great work of art.
Shakespeare wrote many literary works.