Job

"he's not in my line of business";

"estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores";

"he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right";

"it is their job to print the truth";

"she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job";

"dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair";

"she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog";

"the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis";

"As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks";

"I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating";