Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Job vs Work COLLOCATIONS

Job
  • [found, landed] a new job [as, in]
  • was fired from my job
  • [quit, left] her job to [open, start, go]
  • [change, move] jobs
  • I'm only doing my job
  • learn on the job
  • [fell asleep, got hurt] on the job
  • an advertisement for a job
  • a job for [life, one year, a season]
  • a job in [advertising, sales, show business]
  • is a [thankless, rewarding] job
  • it's a tough job (but someone's got to do it)
  • did [a good, a great, an amazing] job (on)
  • [nice, great] job!
  • UK: it's a good job you (didn't)
  • has the job of [mowing, cleaning, emptying]
  • I was called out on a job
  • [gave, assigned] me the job of [telling, informing]
  • had quite a job [convincing, persuading, finding] her
  • you had one job (to do)!
  • that's not my job!
  • it is not your job to
  • do odd jobs for [friends, neighbors, cash, money]
  • do odd jobs around the [house, yard, neighborhood]
  • [planned, pulled off] a bank job
  • sexually explicit, slang: gave me a [blow, hand] job
  • slang: has had a nose jobn as adjgo to a job interview
  • how is the job search going?
  • [new, good] job opportunities
  • a job advertisement
  • is part of the job [title, description]
  • a [good, bad] job market
  • have job training (tomorrow)
  • look at job postings
  • is a job creator
  • job [skills, creation]
  • on-the-job training
Work
  • [hard, tough, challenging, easy, simple, nice, dirty] work
  • a [lot, great deal, load] of work
  • [snowed under by, overwhelmed with] work
  • very [busy, bored, snowed under] with work
  • [he, my sister, her son] is looking for work
  • I start work at [07:00, noon]
  • the students finished their work [in class, at home]
  • she [often, always] takes work home (with her)
  • why am I always doing the dirty work?
  • cleaning the [house, garage, office] is a lot of work
  • [insulted, harassed, abused] at work
  • answer [private, personal] [calls, emails] at work
  • don't phone me at work!
  • his work in the [field, sector, area, sphere] of
  • my life's work has been [ruined, destroyed, stolen]!
  • what work [can you do, have you done]?
  • the [collected, selected, complete] works of
  • I'll have the works!
  • she [asked, invited, consulted] her work colleagues
  • made light work of the [cleaning, task, project]

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