Scheme and Work

Scheme

Scheme verb - To engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends.

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Work and scheme are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead the word "Scheme" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: schemed, scheming, schema, schemer, schematic

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

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Scheme and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scheme" instead the word "Work" as a verb or a noun.

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

old	old scheme	old work
good	good scheme	good work
particular	particular scheme	particular work
similar	similar scheme	similar work
Other adjectives: usual, specific, current, original, actual, entire, real, great, little, main, new, final, later, classic, next, last, latest, different.

Beetle Bailey's primary characteristic is his laziness; if you see him work hard at anything, it's usually a scheme for shirking work.

Source: Lazy Bum aka: Sloth
Also if a work features a Fantastic Science, there's a good chance that it's going to have a similar naming scheme.

Source: Whatevermancy
The irony of ironies is that, being a creature of primordial Chaos, Tzeentch does not have an ineffable plan or master scheme to work towards, and instead manipulates others for the sheer joy of it.

Source: Pantheon / Council of Shadows

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