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1 a da iama
1. to rushto make a dash / a bolt.2. \a da iama imprint\a da iama to make havoc of...to play havoc among / with...to work havoc among...to play the (very) devil with... -
2 a o face lată
1. ( a o feşteli)to make sad work / a sweet business / a nice mess of it.2. ( a petrece)to be / to go on the spreeto make the fur flyto have one's flingto be on the drinkto paint the town redînv. to go on a bat / on the batter / the bend / the burst / the bust / the racket / sl. the razzle-dazzle. -
3 a-şi face vad
fig. to make headwayto make / to work / to push one's waycom. to acquire / to establish good custom. -
4 a face carieră
to work one's way upto make quite a careerto be on the climbto be on the up-and-up. -
5 a lucra de mântuială
to skimp one's workto botch / to bungle / to muck thingsto do things in a scrambling fashionto make a mess of a jobto shuffle through a task. -
6 a pune osul / umărul la treabă
to set one's hand to the ploughto pull (all) one's weightto make a special effortto do a lick of work.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a pune osul / umărul la treabă
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7 a reveni pe linia de plutire
fig. to make up arrears (of work).Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a reveni pe linia de plutire
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8 a se achita prost de un lucru
to make sad work of smth.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a se achita prost de un lucru
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9 a termina în doi timpi şi trei mişcări cu ceva / cineva
to make short work of smth. / smb.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a termina în doi timpi şi trei mişcări cu ceva / cineva
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10 unde-s doi puterea creşte
prov. many hands make light work.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > unde-s doi puterea creşte
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make-work — busy work, activity of no value, 1913 (adj.); 1937 (n.), Amer.Eng., from the verbal expression to make work (see MAKE (Cf. make) (v.) + WORK (Cf. work) (n.)). A big fire devoured a street; It will make work, I heard my father say; a ship was lost … Etymology dictionary
make-work — ˈmake work noun [uncountable] work that is not important but is given to people to keep them busy: • They want to move from their make work jobs into more challenging ones. * * * make work UK US noun [U] US ► jobs that are given to people,… … Financial and business terms
make-work — n. Active work of litle value, such as assignments given by teachers to students to keep them busy while the teacher performs other tasks, or chores performed to while away time; also called {busywork}. Syn: busywork. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
make-work — n [U] AmE work that is not important but is given to people to keep them busy … Dictionary of contemporary English
make-work — make ,work noun uncount work that is given to someone so that they have something to do … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
make-work — make′ work n. work created to keep a person busy • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
make-work — ☆ make work [māk′wʉrk΄ ] adj., n. (designating) a job, project, or assignment that serves no useful purpose other than to give an otherwise idle or unemployed person something to do … English World dictionary
make-work — /mayk werrk /, n. work, usually of little importance, created to keep a person from being idle or unemployed. [1935 40, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase make work] * * * … Universalium
make-work — noun An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy ness, rather than because of a particular need. The assignment was simply make work to keep them busy on a rainy day … Wiktionary
Make-work job — A make work job is a job that has less final benefit[to whom?] than the job costs to support. Make work jobs are similar to workfare but are publicly offered on the job market and have otherwise normal employment requirements (workfare jobs, in… … Wikipedia
make-work — noun active work of little value (Freq. 1) while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork • Syn: ↑busywork • Hypernyms: ↑work … Useful english dictionary
