but there's still a great deal of work to be done但仍有很多工作要做

a great deal of許多的；大量的（后接不可數名詞）

He talked a great deal of sense.

他講得很有道理。

no news is good news, as far as Amur and Nasser are concerned.對于阿穆爾和納賽爾來說沒消息就是好消息

as far as就 ... 而言；遠到...；到 ... 程度

As far as I could remember, I did return him the money.

就我所能記得的，我確實把錢還給他了。

As far as we know, that man is bad pay.

據我們所知，那人沒有信用，欠債不還。

the business of blowing dust off these things.這個是用來吹走沙子

blow off吹掉；將(熱水等)放出

Parents must let children blow off steam sometimes.

做父母的有時必須讓孩寸們吵吵鬧鬧，發泄發泄。

I just needed to blow off steam.

我只想出出悶氣而已。