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许多的；大量的（后接不可数名词）

He talked a great deal of sense.

他讲得很有道理。

no news is good news, as far as Amur and Nasser are concerned.对于阿穆尔和纳赛尔来说没消息就是好消息

as far as就 ... 而言；远到...；到 ... 程度

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

就我所能记得的，我确实把钱还给他了。

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

据我们所知，那人没有信用，欠债不还。

the business of blowing dust off these things.这个是用来吹走沙子

blow off吹掉；将(热水等)放出

Parents must let children blow off steam sometimes.

做父母的有时必须让孩寸们吵吵闹闹，发泄发泄。

I just needed to blow off steam.

我只想出出闷气而已。