arduous work
collocation in Englishmeaningsofarduousandwork
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arduous
adjective
uk/ˈɑː.dʒu.əs/us/ˈɑːr.dʒu.əs/
difficult, needing a lot of effort ...
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work
noun
uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofarduousandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Even feeling and sight - faculties which we might think of as spontaneous, natural, unmediated - are the fruits of long andarduouswork.
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The post-war period will see somearduousworkbegin, first of all of course in the form of humanitarian aid.
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These are the people who have spent years of training, years ofarduousworkacquiring their undoubted expertise.
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He had disregarded the convenience of a very great number of people, tired after long andarduousworkin the war.
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Nor do we forget thearduousworkof the prison service.
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However, after long years ofarduouswork, a negotiating machine was built up.
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That clearly means very hard andarduousworkon the part of each of them.
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We recognise the splendid, loving and oftenarduousworkof carers.
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Will these allowances be increased at the earliest opportunity, in view of thearduouswork, especially during the winter months?
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I am waiting for the staff to write to me asking for extra pay for theirarduouswork!
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I hope that a great deal ofarduousworkwill be put into examining how that second criterion can be effectively applied.
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It isarduouswork, and calls for great patience among those concerned.
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Are the men engaged upon this veryarduousworkreceiving extra pay?
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Are the men who are working on this very dangerous andarduousworkgetting any extra pay?
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This is heavy andarduousworkwhich calls for bravery and courage on the part of the men who are employed in it.
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These men are no longer fit forarduouswork.
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In this they could show that initiative and that imagination, which they have always expected people to show who are engaged in morearduouswork.
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They are doingarduousworkover long hours every day in the week throughout the year.
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I do not know people who do morearduousworkthan, say, regional councillors.
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We provided these daring officers and men engaged upon thisarduousworkwith vehicles of the highest quality.
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