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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.
pace
Noun
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The pace of something is how fast it moves.
The pace of change has been very, very slow.
Today, the pace of life is so much faster than it used to be.
They were frustrated at the pace of development that was taking place there.
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Somebody's pace is their speed, usually walking.
He quickened his pace, almost running.
The man's long legs forced Kev to pick up his pace.
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A pace is the distance between your feet when you walk.
She stopped three paces from the table.
pace
Verb
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Walk back and forth in a small space.
Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.
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Set the speed in a race.
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Measure by walking.
pace
Preposition
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Contrary to the opinion of; Used to express polite disagreement
Nor, pace Bush, must all countries be with America or against it.