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Perform this exercise at least three times, using different speech topics and working up to a speech time of three minutes.

That investigation also found a six-day working week, with staff working up to 288 hours a month.

I realized I couldn't face another argument with Clara; I couldn't listen to her working up another one of her endless justifications.

Try working up to it, you may find that a few small changes are all you need to re-invigorate your happiness.

We're still working hard at it. We've got a lot of a good team of people working up there.

Working up a sweat helps your mind stay fit better than any crossword puzzle--unless you're doing that crossword on a treadmill.

In addition, they are working up to important positions which used to be held mainly by men.

High quality personnel, working up to high standards and strict requirements.

I suspected they were working up courage to try out their classroom English on an actual "native speaker. "

From our panel, one design will be selected for working up to a final design.

Working up a sweat can also help you burn off the extra energy that causes you to feel fidgety, and it can help you sleep better at night.

Your jitters should be over pretty soon, so don't despair. There'll still be plenty to keep you busy, but you're working up a routine.

How it works: you do 10 repeats of 800 meters (on the track), working up to a certain goal time.

Before working up the courage to talk to him, you whip out your mobile phone.

The growth plates are soft to begin with and ossify over time, beginning from the hoof and working up the leg.

HOUSTON -- Yao Ming has been working up a sweat and rehabbing his injured right leg for over two months behind closed doors.

The writer is working up the plot of a drama.

The risk is greatest when people take up running. Doctors advise starting gently and working up gradually, to minimise damage.

Working up a rhythm on his drum, he softly sings a Muslim hymn.

He spent the summer working up a series of lectures for the new term.

We couldn't tell what the speaker was working up to.

At that time he was a hard-working, up-and-coming businessman and a real slave-driver, always telling us we had to sell more and more.

They are often good at working up crisp mental images.

She is working up to mentioning more pay.

Wow! You're really working up a storm!

The first is that you pay relatively little attention to grammatical soundness in working up an early draft of a paper.

Right now I'm kind of like on probation with Amitabha. I'm busy working up enough merit so I can go to the Pure Land.

A lot of people dread or loathe working up a sweat.

I've been working up the courage to call you all year

I've been working up the courage to call you all year, ohhh

Make sure that people are working up to capacity and that they have a reasonable workload

Problems in Working up Budgetary Estimate for Municipal Engineering

I've been working up the courage

working up support for the party