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| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | do a lot of work | наработаться |
| busin. | do lots of work | много работать (with – с: Although we spend much our time with bigger clients, we do lots of work with small businesses such as craft breweries, daycare centres and bike repair shops. ART Vancouver) |
| Makarov. | find a spade and set to, there's a lot of work to do in the garden | возьми-ка лопату и принимайся за дело, в саду надо много сделать |
| gen. | he has a lot of work to do | у него большая нагрузка |
| gen. | I have got lots of work to do | у меня очень много дел |
| gen. | I have got lots of work to do | мне надо очень много сделать |
| gen. | I have got lots of work to do | у меня очень много работы |
| gen. | pretending that he had a lot of work to do, he left early | он ушёл рано, сославшись на то, что у него якобы очень много работы |