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[of reporter, investigator] travail m sur le terrain* * *['legwɜːk]noun déplacements mplto do the legwork — déblayer le terrain (colloq) fig
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legwork ['legwɜ:k]∎ familiar who's going to do the legwork? qui va se taper la marche?;∎ there's a lot of legwork in this job c'est un travail où l'on marche beaucoup -
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