hard-working people
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhard-workingandpeople
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hard-working
adjective
uk/ˌhɑːdˈwɜː.kɪŋ/us/ˌhɑːrdˈwɝː.kɪŋ/
always doing a lot ...
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people
noun[plural]
uk/ˈpiː.pəl/us/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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(Definition ofhard-workingandpeoplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They are nice,hard-workingpeople, yet they live in misery, they are told.
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They arehard-workingpeople, with talent and ingenuity.
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Since he was seven he has suffered from muscular dystrophy, and his parents, who have always been thrifty,hard-workingpeople, have always looked after him.
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My point is unanswerable: huge amounts of taxation are taken offhard-workingpeople, and have to be justified.
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We are, after all, the guardians of the ordinary, humble,hard-workingpeople, not only here at home, but in many lands.
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All those changes are intended to relieve the pressure on thehard-workingpeoplein the health service.
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I have watched the havoc it has caused to the lives of many able, honest andhard-workingpeople.
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We must never forget that the great majority of men and women involved in the sector are honest, dedicated and extremelyhard-workingpeople.
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They are simplyhard-workingpeoplewho have earned their rewards because they have contributed to successful businesses.
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They are good, honest,hard-workingpeoplewho cultivate their gardens for their own and for the national benefit.
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That is undermining enormously the efforts of many respectable,hard-workingpeopleto advance the cause of young people.
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Therefore, there is no one with a more intimate relationship with thesehard-workingpeople.
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The single payment system causes a great deal of annoyance to the low-paidhard-workingpeoplewho pay taxes.
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Decent,hard-workingpeoplehave been affected by today's decision.
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He is correct in outlining the benefits that his constituents and many millions of otherhard-workingpeopleup and down the country have received.
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We offer themhard-workingpeoplecommitted to a brighter future.
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Most are decent,hard-workingpeoplewho love this country.
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I have in my mind very vivid pictures in innumerable small villages in my constituency, where hard-workingpeopleare living in single and two-apartment houses.
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They are good,hard-workingpeoplewho have worked all their lives.
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That money has to be found, in the main, by thehard-workingpeopleof this country.
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