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Sashi: /* noun */

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‎noun

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‎verb

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‎verb

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‎verb

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‎verb

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 Most often uncountable as a suffix.  (homework, housework, paperwork, etc.) However, "artworks" and "roadworks" can be counted in British English, but are uncountable in American English.
-Contrast with "job" or "task" which are countable.  NB:  ''mon travail'' is translated as "my job" unless you are talking about your artwork or the fruit of your labor (i.e. something more abstract than your everyday job).
+Contrast with "job" or "task" which are countable.  NB:  ''mon travail'' is translated as "my job" unless you are talking about the fruit of your labor (i.e. something more abstract than your everyday job).
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 Most often uncountable as a suffix.  (homework, housework, paperwork, etc.) However, "artworks" and "roadworks" can be counted in British English, but are uncountable in American English.
-Contrast with "job" or "task" which are countable.
+Contrast with "job" or "task" which are countable.  NB:  ''mon travail'' is translated as "my job" unless you are talking about your artwork or the fruit of your labor (i.e. something more abstract than your everyday job).
 =verb=

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 =noun=
-Often uncountable.  (homework, housework, paperwork, etc.) However, "artworks" can be counted in British English.
+Most often uncountable as a suffix.  (homework, housework, paperwork, etc.) However, "artworks" and "roadworks" can be counted in British English, but are uncountable in American English.
 Contrast with "job" or "task" which are countable.

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 The verb can also mean ''fonctionner'' / ''marcher''.
 *This machine doesn't work.  (''Elle ne fonctionne pas'')
-*That'll work. (ça marche)
+*That'll work. (''Ça marche.'')
 ==Forms (regular verb)==

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 An activity verb meaning ''travailler'', but unrelated etymologically to the Latin torture instrument.  Instead the word is related to the root "erg" such as can be found in en<u>erg</u>y, <u>urg</u>ent, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gamergate gam<u>erg</u>ate]...
-The verb can also mean ''fonctionner'' / ''marcher''.  This machine doesn't work.  (''ne fontionne pas'')  That'll work. (ça marche)
+The verb can also mean ''fonctionner'' / ''marcher''.
 ==Forms (regular verb)==

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 =verb=
-An activity verb meaning ''travailler'', but unrelated etymologically to the Latin torture instrument.  Instead the word is related to the root "erg" such as can be found in en<u>erg</u>y, <u>urg<u>ent.
+An activity verb meaning ''travailler'', but unrelated etymologically to the Latin torture instrument.  Instead the word is related to the root "erg" such as can be found in en<u>erg</u>y, <u>urg</u>ent.
 The verb can also mean ''fonctionner'' / ''marcher''.  This machine doesn't work.  (''ne fontionne pas'')  That'll work. (ça marche)

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		+	Often uncountable. (homework, housework, paperwork, etc.) However, "artworks" can be counted.
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		+	Contrast with "job" or "task" which are countable.
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		+	=verb=
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		+	==Forms (regular verb)==

	*dictionary form (bare infinitive): <span style="color:#4D0000;">work</span>		*dictionary form (bare infinitive): <span style="color:#4D0000;">work</span>