Mess and Work

Mess

Mess verb - To interest oneself in what is not one's concern.

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Work and mess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a verb "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Mess and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mess" instead a verb "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

nice	nice mess	nice work
usual	usual mess	usual work
complete	complete mess	complete work
current	current mess	current work
Other adjectives: dirty, entire, real, little, major, further, different.

Some fans see the two parter "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" as an epic work of Russell T Davies, tying his work together, while others see it as a self-indulgent mess more like a shipping fic.

Source: Broken Base / Doctor Who
From another work of Nippon Ichi, La Pucelle Tactics, do not mess with Croix's girl or he'll flip out and crush your skull in, slowly, while you beg for mercy.

Source: Berserk Button / Video Games
Lack of Empathy: Roxanne Beale is so obsessed with completing her mess of a dissertation she doesn't even really care that her sister committed suicide or that she framed an innocent woman, one who was actually helping her finish the work, just that her work kept getting delayed.

Source: Literature / Family Skeleton Mysteries

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