monumental work

collocation in English

meaningsofmonumentalandwork

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monumental
adjective
uk
/ˌmɒn.jəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌmɑːn.jəˈmen.t̬əl/
very ...
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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 ofmonumentalandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet, flaws and all, this is amonumentalworkof lasting value.
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In thismonumentalworkhe meticulously related his extensive experience spanning two decades.
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Surely, this is not amonumentalworkin terms of staff.
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This was the situation, the dynamic trend, which confronted him when he and his colleagues did theirmonumentalwork.
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These imports hit the smallest firms most because they depend onmonumentalwork.
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It is amonumentalwork, but it is written in such a style that it is difficult for the ordinary man to follow it.
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It fully equals thatmonumentalworkin the force and pathos of the story told, while it surpasses it in unity and continuity of interest.
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With 25,000 pages, 1,600 illustrations, and 1,500 collages, it is amonumentalwork.
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The translation quickly sold out two editions, and was internationally hailed as amonumentalworkof scholarship.
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Considering the scholarly traditions of its time, and the conditions in which it was written, thismonumentalworkcan only be described as prominent.
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Thismonumentalworkserves as the reference to scholars and students.
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Thismonumentalworkis still reprinted until to the present day.
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Thismonumentalworkis still of great taxonomic, historic, and artistic interest.
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Musil originally did not want the first sections of hismonumentalworkto be published until the whole was finished.
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However, most of hismonumentalworkwas produced later in his career as he concentrated on painting in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Thismonumentalworkof art is composed of multi disciplinary works of art, sculpture, installations, design, philosophy and architecture.
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The frieze, some twenty metres in length, is an impressivelymonumentalworkof art.
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Twenty months, 180 letters, and over 350,000 words later, he had completed hismonumentalwork.
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Creating such amonumentalworkof art requires a number of different craftsmen.
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Although thismonumentalworkmade his reputation, lighter, more imaginative pieces, especially fountains, were his true forte.
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