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1 work on
1. transitive verb1) (expend effort on)work on something — an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten
2) (use as basis)3) (try to persuade)2. intransitive verbwork on somebody — jemanden bearbeiten (ugs.)
* * *1. viweiterarbeiten2. vt seplid, washer daraufbringen3. vi +prep obj1) car, book, subject, accent arbeiten an (+dat)there are not many clues to work on — es gibt nicht viele Hinweise, auf die man zurückgreifen könnte
I'm working on this one lead — ich habe alles an diesem einen Anhaltspunkt aufgehängt
3)we haven't solved it yet but we're still working on it — wir haben es noch nicht gelöst, aber wir sind dabei
if we work on him a little longer we might persuade him — wenn wir ihn noch ein Weilchen bearbeiten, können wir ihn vielleicht überreden
obviously the other side have been working on him — ihn hat offensichtlich die Gegenseite in der Mache gehabt (inf)
* * *1. transitive verbwork on something — an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten
2. intransitive verbwork on somebody — jemanden bearbeiten (ugs.)
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