Is this all your own work (= did you do it without help from others)?
QUANT
bit, piece
It was an interesting piece of work
VERB + WORK
carry out, do, put in
All the construction work was carried out in 2001. I've got lots of work to do today. She's put in a lot of work on the design
get done, have done
I think I'd better try and get some work done. We're going to have some building work done on the house
produce
Work produced on a word processor tends to look more professional
get, have
We get far too much work at this time of year
take on, undertake
I've taken on more work than I've got time to do
create, make
Big football matches make a lot of work for the police
begin, commence, get down to, set about/to, start
They began work on the project towards the end of the year. Stop talking and get down to work. We set to work on the outside of the house (= for example, painting it)
go about
She went cheerfully about her work
carry on, continue
complete, finish
halt, hold up, stop
Work on the project was halted
lose
They lost the work to a competitor
undo
The new president spent the first year undoing the work of his predecessor
oversee, supervise
The assistant
set sb to
She set them to work painting the fence
require
To carry out accurate market research requires a huge amount of work
hand in
We're supposed to hand in this work tomorrow
WORK + VERB
come
The work comes in bursts according to the time of year
wait
That work can wait until tomorrow
go
How's the work going this morning?
involve sth
What does the work involve?
begin, start
continue, go on
come to a standstill
Work came to a complete standstill when rumours of redundancies started to circulate
cost
How much will the work cost?
WORK + NOUN
ethic
rate
Her boss told her she had to increase her work rate
programme, schedule
surface
Work surfaces should be left clear and clean
PREP
at ~
He's been hard at work all morning
~ on
I have to do some work on the engine before it'll be ready to drive
~ with
She's done a lot of work with disadvantaged children
PHRASES
a backlog of work
It will take a month to clear the backlog of work
keep up the good work
The hotel manager thanked the staff for their efforts so far and told them to keep up the good work
your life's work
The art collection was his life's work
make light/short work of sth
(= to do sth quickly and easily) Mike made short work of fixing the engine
never/not a stroke of work
She never does a stroke of work
pressure of work
Pressure of work forced him to cancel his holiday
work in progress
The showroom has been designed so that people can see work in progress