Work labour E.g. When awake, he laboured at the task of getting his cast off. toil E.g. Researchers toil at new technology that could make big blackouts a quaint historical footnote of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. work E.g. You have to work at staying in shape. Purpose aim E.g. Total warfare, though, aims at the annihilation of the enemy village, the death of all its inhabitants, the burning of the house and its contents and even the uprooting of the crops. connive E.g. Adenauer had earlier seemed to connive at French control of the Saar, in order to preserve his policy of friendship with Paris. Lexical items without a frame: rush E.g. When asked a question do not rush at your answer.