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flexible
Adjective
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When something is flexible, it can bend.
The thin wood stick was so flexible that it would bend but not break.
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By extension, the word is used as a metaphor. For example, when a person or thing is flexible, they can change.
Jim was very flexible and enjoyed every new experience when he travelled.
I think we can make working hours much more flexible.
They used to treat everyone the same but now take a more flexible approach.
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.
time
Noun
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Time is what we measure with a clock.
"What time do you finish work?" "At four o'clock (4:00)."
I don't have time to talk to you right now. Can we do it later?
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If you do something one time, you do it once.
time
Verb
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If you time something, you measure how long it takes in seconds, minutes, hours, etc.
Take out your watch and time yourself during the test.