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finish
Verb
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If something finishes, it stops and doesn't start again; it comes to the end.
I finish work at 4:30 and I get home at 5:00.
In June of 1992 I had just finished university and I was looking for a job.
She finished off her homework and put it away.
Finish up your lunch quickly, please.
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If something finishes somebody off, it uses all their energy or it kills them.
That last run around the track completely finished me off.
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If you finish something up, you use the last of it.
I finished up the milk this morning. There's none left.
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If you are finished with something, you don't need it anymore.
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If you finish the surface of something, especially wood, you make it smooth and ready to use.
finish
Noun
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The finish is the last part or end of something.
As the runners come to the finish, they are side by side.
It was a good day from start to finish.
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The finish is the way a surface looks after it has been made smooth and ready to use.
The oil gives the wood a smooth, deep finish.
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.
Examples finish work examples
How do I use finish work in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I'll finish the work in a week or less.
Movie subtitles
Kapteyn began enthusiastically and it took him several years to finish the work.