"chores" is a correct and usable English word.
You can use it to refer to tasks and errands that need to be done around the house. For example: "I spent my Saturday afternoon doing chores."
They struggle to get through daily chores, like caring for younger siblings or working on family farms.
My mum was brilliant, mostly because she had faith in me – and let me off all my chores!" Rosie Rossington, 21, BA in fashion, Nottingham Trent university "I've no grant and only qualify for the minimum maintenance loan, but my parents cover my £85-a-week rent for me.
The teenager had not been seen since leaving her home at around 5.30pm on Saturday, after a row with her parents over chores.
"In addition, they were made to cook, clean and perform other household chores.
It went on in my head even when I was doing the chores.
"We found people were able to shift many of their electricity-guzzling chores, like clothes washing, to outside of that peak time when they had an incentive – cheaper electricity – to do so".
For example, less domestic violence, more women in the political and economical arenas in leadership positions, more fathers who work and are actively engaged in household chores and child care.
Put that time to good use by getting those longstanding chores out of the way and get that to-do list down.
Since I am at home I have been catching up with household chores – cleaning, tidying up, yard work, etc.
Whenever I hear of Tintin or Oliver Twist being banned from library shelves; when I read articles insisting that children's books should be about tower blocks or one-parent families or fathers doing the chores; whenever children's authors are enjoined to follow whatever the trend of the moment may be, I remember Else Ury.
Their focus will essentially be the domestic chores and difficulties of life, and questions about the quality and responsibilities of care.
