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ackern (v.i.)
   to toil, work hard; plod/slog away, do its stuff; (obs.) plow,
till (the soil)

Müssen die Opelaner drei Tage im Monat gratis ackern?
Will the Opel workers have to toil for three days a month without pay?
Im Spitzenmodell ackert jetzt ein 3,06-Gigahertz-Dual-Core-Prozessor von Intel.
In the top-of-the-line model, an Intel 3.06 gigahertz dual-core processor now does its stuff.

Related Words:
der Acker field
der Ackerbau agriculture
das Ackerland arable land

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