Cook
Cook verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Player Character can play the trope straight, since depending on the player's choices he can be a very good cook and work at several part-time jobs involving caring for children, and he can also be quite gung-ho about the cross-dressing competition.
Source: Real Men Wear Pink / Video Games - While he's still a Time Lord in "The Lodger", he can't get to the TARDIS and is forced to live life normally (and in the right order.) Watching the Doctor cook and work in an office is adorably jarring.
Source: Brought Down to Normal -
Garion, the protagonist, is probably a passable cook, just by virtue of being raised in a kitchen and watching his aunt Pol at work.
Source: Feminine Women Can Cook
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