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Phrasal Verbs

With 'Work'

Hi guys❗ I'm sure that you've said this word many times. Do you use phrasal verbs with 'work'

If you don't, don't 😕. I'll tell you some of them. Let's begin❗

Work at sth
To try hard to improve or achieve something..
     Learning kanji is not a 🍰. You have to work at it.
                                                                      work at (sth)
*'Kanji' is the 🇯🇵 writing system that uses 🇨🇳 symbols. 
     Jane works at improving her orthography.
                work at + gerund + (sth)

Work out
To make your body as fit as a 🎻 by doing exercises.
    Robin works out in the gym three time per week.
                work out (sth)

Work (sth) out
To think about something and manage to understand it.
     Although the 🔢 exercises were very tricky, Mark could work them out by himself.
                                                                                                 work (sth) out [+ by (himself)]


Work out to (sth)
To gradually prepare yourself in order to reach a difficult goal.
     Start by preparing 🍙 and then you could work out to preparing a delicious 🍱.
                                                                           work out to + [doing] + (sth)




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