Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Doraemon and his friends barely stop them, and they promise at the end of the film to do better and work harder at protecting nature while the cloud people leave for a Plant Alien planet.
Source: Cultural Posturing - On one hand, they can replicate the appliances' work just as well and Psions can bond with them and get them to work a bit better.
Source: Biotech Is Better - Tales of Xillia: It is better to work together to forge a better future for everyone instead of mindlessly devoting yourself to a single cause.
Source: Central Theme / Video Games
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