Need and Work

Need

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Work and need are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Need and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Need" instead a noun "Work".

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

old	old need	old work
good	good need	good work
physical	physical need	physical work
particular	particular need	particular work
Other adjectives: usual, specific, current, original, legitimate, single, actual, real, great, serious, little, bad, new, less, further, last, greatest.

power	need power	work power
man	need man	work man
people	need people	work people
time	need time	work time
Other words: way, money, bit, magic, gun, skills, powers.

Parental Substitute: Since Sayuri cannot always take care of Shiho due to her work and the need to hide that she's an unmarried mother, the nanny Makiko Mori does it instead.

Source: Manga / Private Actress
Stay in the Kitchen: The Girl Scouts preach this in Girl Scout Cookies, saying that girls shouldn't have to work and need to snatch a good man for themselves so they can work.

Source: Fan Fic / Threadbare South Park
The ritual seems to be needed mostly because you have to coax the forces you are working with to work and need to be certain not to make any errors; certain ones can thus be saved for later.

Source: Ritual Magic

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