Usages of opus
Mane mater opus incipit; vespere tamen finire potest.
In the morning mother begins the work; in the evening, however, she can finish it.
Pater hodie occupatus est, sed puella opus domi facit.
Father is busy today, but the girl does the work at home.
Mater filiam monet ne post scholam agrum arare conetur, nam opus nimis grave est.
Mother warns her daughter not to try to plough the field after school, for the work is too hard.
Maneant pueri sub porticu, donec faber opus in tecto finiat.
Let the boys stay under the portico until the craftsman finishes the work on the roof.
Magistra discipulam constantem laudat, quia numquam cessat; discipulum pigrum reprehendit, quia opus semper differt.
The teacher praises the steadfast female student because she never stops; she rebukes the lazy male student because he always puts off the work.
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