Repair and Work

Repair

Repair verb - To bring back to a former condition or vigor.

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

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

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

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

good	good repair	good work
complete	complete repair	complete work
regular	regular repair	regular work
actual	actual repair	actual work
Other adjectives: extensive, great, serious, little, bad, quick, new, major, final, later, recent.

ability	repair ability	work ability
power	repair power	work power
people	repair people	work people
part	repair part	work part
Other words: body, relationship, system, equipment, time, machine, suit.

Again, repair teams went to work, but during post-battle repair a Japanese submarine finally finished her off.

Source: Scotty Time
Judge Hardy, being a Reasonable Authority Figure, sentences the boy to work for the farmer until he works off the repair damage.

Source: Work Off the Debt
His body is so ruined that items that normally only repair the undead can work on him.

Source: Healing Factor

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