work onsomething
phrasal verbwithworkverbuk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
B2
tospendtimerepairingorimprovingsomething:
Hisdancingtechniqueis good, but heneedstoworkon hisstamina.
to improve something
- improveHis health has improved dramatically since he started exercising.
- get betterThe first part of the book isn't very good but it gets better.
- rallyThe team played badly in the first half but rallied in the second.
- recoverWe are still waiting for the economy to recover.
- look upOur financial situation is looking up.
- pick upBusiness is really beginning to pick up.
- I need toworkon mypronunciationif I'm topasstheexam.
- Themealtastedgreat, but you shouldworkon thepresentation.
- Theserviceis still notsatisfactory, but thecompanysay they'reworkingon it.
- If youworkedon it, you could have a really goodsingingvoice.
- Hisjokesare good, but heneedstoworkon hisdelivery.
Correcting and mending
- calibration
- clean(someone/something)up
- correction
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- fine-tune
- mess
- put/setsomeonerightidiom
- recondition
- reconstruct
- reconstruction
- rectification
- remedy
- revise
- revised
- servicing
- set/put the record straightidiom
- smoothsomethingaway
- smoothen
- sort
- tinker