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  • 1 work

    • olla työssä
    • olla käynnissä
    • ommella
    • onnistua
    • paja
    • tunkea
    • toimia
    • työstää
    • tutkia
    • työskennellä
    • työnteko
    • työ
    • työ (
    • työskentely
    • tuotanto
    • hommeli
    • homma
    • hoitaa
    • huhkia
    • vatkata
    • viljellä
    • diplomityö
    • esiintyä
    • aikaansaada
    • ahertaa
    • ahkeroida
    • aikaansaannos
    • aherrus
    • askarrella
    • askare
    • urakka
    • uurastaa
    • vaikuttaa
    • vaivata
    • valmistella
    • vääntyä
    • ponnistella
    • purra
    • puuha
    • pystyä
    • raataa
    • ratkaista
    • teettää työtä
    • tehdä
    • teos
    • teko
    • tekoset
    • tepsiä
    • tehota
    • tehdä työtä
    • tehdas
    • kirjoitus
    • kirjoa
    • linnoituslaitteet
    • harjoittaa
    • muokata
    • pelata
    • mekanismi
    • taivutella
    • kuohua
    • käyttää
    • käydä
    • käsitellä
    • laitteet
    • laitos
    • pitää käynnissä
    • pitää työssä
    • luomus
    * * *
    wə:k 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) työ
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) työ
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) työt
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) teos
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) työsuoritus
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) työpaikka
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) työskennellä
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) olla töissä
    3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) toimia, käyttää
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) toimia
    5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) raivata tiensä
    6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) irtautua
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) työstää
    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works
    3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.)
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) koneisto
    - work-box
    - workbook
    - workforce
    - working class
    - working day
    - work-day
    - working hours
    - working-party
    - work-party
    - working week
    - workman
    - workmanlike
    - workmanship
    - workmate
    - workout
    - workshop
    - at work
    - get/set to work
    - go to work on
    - have one's work cut out
    - in working order
    - out of work
    - work of art
    - work off
    - work out
    - work up
    - work up to
    - work wonders

    English-Finnish dictionary > work

  • 2 make short work of

    (to dispose of very quickly: The children made short work of the ice-cream.) tehdä nopeasti selvää

    English-Finnish dictionary > make short work of

  • 3 make good

    • onnistua
    • hyvittää
    • täyttää
    • korvata
    * * *
    1) (to be successful: Through hard work and ability, he soon made good.) menestyä
    2) (to repair or compensate for (loss, damages etc): The damage you caused to my car must be made good.) korvata

    English-Finnish dictionary > make good

  • 4 summer make-up work (required for promotion)

    • ehdot

    English-Finnish dictionary > summer make-up work (required for promotion)

  • 5 sound

    • oikea
    • toitottaa
    • hyvin perusteltu
    • hyvin säilynyt
    • häly
    • hyvinvoiva
    • hyvinvoipa
    • jysähdys
    • järkevä
    • tutkia
    • turmeltumaton
    • tunnustella
    • hiiskaus
    • hiiskahdus
    • helähtää
    • helkähtää
    • helkkyä
    • helähdellä
    • viisas
    • eheä
    • ehjä
    • soida
    • sointu
    • sointua
    • sointi
    • sikeä
    • aiheuttaa ääni
    • udella
    • uimarakko
    • vahingoittumaton
    • vakavarainen
    • terve
    • kelpo
    • kestävä
    • kilistää
    • kilistä
    • kaiku
    • kalskahtaa
    • kaikua
    marine
    • peilata
    • perinpohjainen
    • salmi
    • melu
    • sondeerata
    • sondi
    • syvä
    • ääni(tekniikka)
    • äännähdys
    • ääntyä
    technology
    • ääni (tek.)
    • ääni
    • äänne
    • kunnollinen
    • kuulostaa
    • kuulua
    • pilaantumaton
    • koskematon
    marine
    • luodata
    • luja
    • luotailla
    • luotettava
    * * *
    I adjective
    1) (strong or in good condition: The foundations of the house are not very sound; He's 87, but he's still sound in mind and body.) hyväkuntoinen, terve
    2) ((of sleep) deep: She's a very sound sleeper.) sikeä
    3) (full; thorough: a sound basic training.) perusteellinen
    4) (accurate; free from mistakes: a sound piece of work.) kunnon
    5) (having or showing good judgement or good sense: His advice is always very sound.) järkevä
    - soundness
    - sound asleep
    II 1. noun
    1) (the impressions transmitted to the brain by the sense of hearing: a barrage of sound; ( also adjective) sound waves.) ääni
    2) (something that is, or can be, heard: The sounds were coming from the garage.) ääni
    3) (the impression created in the mind by a piece of news, a description etc: I didn't like the sound of her hairstyle at all!) vaikutelma
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause something to) make a sound: Sound the bell!; The bell sounded.)
    2) (to signal (something) by making a sound: Sound the alarm!)
    3) ((of something heard or read) to make a particular impression; to seem; to appear: Your singing sounded very good; That sounds like a train.)
    4) (to pronounce: In the word `pneumonia', the letter p is not sounded.)
    5) (to examine by tapping and listening carefully: She sounded the patient's chest.)
    - soundlessly
    - sound effects
    - soundproof
    3. verb
    (to make (walls, a room etc) soundproof.) äänieristää
    III verb
    (to measure the depth of (water etc).) luodata
    - sound out

    English-Finnish dictionary > sound

  • 6 attack

    • rynnistys
    military
    • rynnäkkö
    • riita
    • rynnistää
    • rynnätä
    • hyökätä kimppuun
    • hätyyttää
    • hyökkäys
    • hyökätä
    • isku
    • ahdistaa
    • päällekarkaus
    • kohtaus
    • kamppailu
    • metakka
    • selkkaus
    • sairaskohtaus
    • sairauskohtaus
    • sännätä
    • syöksyä
    • käydä kimppuun
    • korroosio
    * * *
    ə'tæk 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) hyökätä
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) hyökätä
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) hyökätä
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) käydä käsiksi
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) hyökkäys
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) kohtaus

    English-Finnish dictionary > attack

  • 7 even out

    • tasata
    • tasaantua
    • tasoittaa
    * * *
    1) (to become level or regular: The road rose steeply and then evened out; His pulse began to even out.) tasoittua
    2) (to make smooth: He raked the soil to even it out.) tasoittaa
    3) (to make equal: If Jane would do some of Mary's typing, that would even the work out.) tasata

    English-Finnish dictionary > even out

  • 8 home

    • normaaliasento
    • huoltokoti
    • hoitopaikka
    • hoitola
    • huoltolaitos
    • hoitolaitos
    • asunto
    • sisäasiain
    • kohdalleen
    • pesä
    • sattuvasti
    • maali
    • kotimaa
    • kotona
    • kotiin
    • koto
    • kotoinen
    • koti- ja asuinpaikka
    • kotiin päin
    • kotimainen
    • kotipaikka
    • koti
    • kotiseutu
    * * *
    həum 1. noun
    1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) koti
    2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) syntypaikka
    3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) koti
    4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) asuntola
    5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) koti, asunto
    2. adjective
    1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) kodin, koti-
    2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) kotimainen
    3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) koti-
    3. adverb
    1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) kotiin, kotona
    2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) täydellisesti, perille
    - homely
    - homeliness
    - homing
    - home-coming
    - home-grown
    - homeland
    - home-made
    - home rule
    - homesick
    - homesickness
    - homestead
    - home truth
    - homeward
    - homewards
    - homeward
    - homework
    - at home
    - be/feel at home
    - home in on
    - leave home
    - make oneself at home
    - nothing to write home about

    English-Finnish dictionary > home

  • 9 repair

    • panna kuntoon
    • paikata
    • hyvittää
    • huoltaa
    • uudistaminen
    • remontti
    • remontoida
    • kohentaa
    • parsia
    • parannella
    • parantaa
    • saneerata
    • saneeraus
    • kunto
    • kuntoonpano
    • kunnossapito
    • kunnostus
    • kunnostaa
    • kunnostaminen
    • laittaa
    • korjaaminen
    • korvata
    • korjaus (esineen)
    • korjaus
    • korjata
    * * *
    ri'peə 1. verb
    1) (to mend; to make (something) that is damaged or has broken down work again; to restore to good condition: to repair a broken lock / torn jacket.) korjata
    2) (to put right or make up for: Nothing can repair the harm done by your foolish remarks.) korjata
    2. noun
    1) ((often in plural) the act of repairing something damaged or broken down: I put my car into the garage for repairs; The bridge is under repair.) korjaus
    2) (a condition or state: The road is in bad repair; The house is in a good state of repair.) kunto
    - reparable
    - reparation
    - repairman

    English-Finnish dictionary > repair

  • 10 warm

    • tulinen
    • innokas
    • innostua
    • hellä
    • vilkas
    • polttava
    • kiihtynyt
    • kiivas
    • lenseä
    • leuto
    • lempeä
    • leppeä
    • haalea
    • harras
    • sydämellinen
    • kuuma
    • lauhkea
    • lauha
    • lämmitellä
    • lämmittää
    • lämmin
    • lämmitys
    • lämmetä
    • lämmitä
    • lämpöinen
    • lämpimähkö
    • lämmittely
    • lämminhenkinen
    * * *
    wo:m 1. adjective
    1) (moderately, or comfortably, hot: Are you warm enough, or shall I close the window?; a warm summer's day.) lämmin
    2) ((of clothes) protecting the wearer from the cold: a warm jumper.) lämmin
    3) (welcoming, friendly, enthusiastic etc: a warm welcome; a warm smile.) sydämellinen
    4) (tending to make one hot: This is warm work!) hikinen
    5) ((of colours) enriched by a certain quantity of red or pink, or (of red etc) rich and bright: a warm red; I don't want white walls - I want something warmer.) lämmin
    2. verb
    1) (to make moderately hot: He warmed his hands in front of the fire.) lämmitellä
    2) (to become friendly (towards) or enthusiastic (about): She warmed to his charm.) lämmetä
    3. noun
    (an act of warming: Give your hands a warm in front of the fire.) lämmittää
    - warmness
    - warmth
    - warm-blooded
    - warmed-over
    - warmhearted
    - warmheartedness
    - warm up

    English-Finnish dictionary > warm

  • 11 get on

    • tulla toimeen
    • nousta
    • viihtyä
    • edistyä
    • pärjätä
    • mennä
    • selviytyä
    • menestyä
    • sujua
    • luistaa
    * * *
    1) (to make progress or be successful: How are you getting on in your new job?) edistyä
    2) (to work, live etc in a friendly way: We get on very well together; I get on well with him.) tulla toimeen
    3) (to grow old: Our doctor is getting on a bit now.) vanhentua
    4) (to put (clothes etc) on: Go and get your coat on.) pukea ylleen
    5) (to continue doing something: I must get on, so please don't interrupt me; I must get on with my work.) jatkaa

    English-Finnish dictionary > get on

  • 12 get through

    • tulla perille
    • päästä läpi
    • selvitä jostakin
    • selviytyä
    • läpäistä
    • suoriutua
    * * *
    1) (to finish (work etc): We got through a lot of work today.) saada valmiiksi
    2) (to pass (an examination).) läpäistä
    3) (to arrive, usually with some difficulty: The food got through to the fort despite the enemy's attempts to stop it.) päästä perille
    4) (to make oneself understood: I just can't get through to her any more.) saada ymmärtämään

    English-Finnish dictionary > get through

  • 13 job

    • paikka
    • toimi
    • toiminta
    finance, business, economy
    • toimipaikka
    • juttu
    • työkohde
    • työajo
    • työ
    • työpaikka
    • huono lohduttaja
    • hommeli
    • homma
    • duuni
    • elämänkutsumus
    • asia
    • ammatti
    • ansiotyö
    • askare
    • urakka
    • väärinkäyttää virka-asemaansa
    • puolipäivätoimi
    • puuha
    • tehdä tilapäistöitä
    • tietokoneajo
    • tehtävä
    • keikka
    finance, business, economy
    • keinottelu
    finance, business, economy
    • keinotella
    • hanke
    * * *
    ‹ob
    1) (a person's daily work or employment: She has a job as a bank-clerk; Some of the unemployed men have been out of a job for four years.) työ
    2) (a piece of work or a task: I have several jobs to do before going to bed.) tehtävä
    - a good job
    - have a job
    - just the job
    - make the best of a bad job

    English-Finnish dictionary > job

  • 14 mark

    • olla merkkinä
    • panna merkille
    • painanne
    • painaa leima
    • todistus jostakin
    • nimikoida
    • numero
    • jättää jälki
    • jälki
    • tunnuskuva
    • tunnusmerkki
    • tuntomerkki
    • tunnus
    • huomata
    • hinnoitella
    • viivata
    • viivaus
    • viitoittaa
    • virhemerkki
    • enne
    • signaali
    • arpi
    • arvostella
    • arvosana
    • uurros
    • puumerkki
    • tavoite
    • tehdä merkintä
    • koenumero
    • leima
    • lipuke
    • leimata
    • mitta
    • merkata
    automatic data processing
    • merkitä (atk)
    • merkintä
    • merkki
    • merkitä
    • markus
    • maali
    • maalitaulu
    • markka
    • symboli
    • laji
    • piirto
    • pinna
    • piiru
    • pilkka
    • piste
    • korjata
    • lähtöviiva
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) ((also Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark) the standard unit of German currency before the euro.) markka
    2) (a point given as a reward for good work etc: She got good marks in the exam.)
    3) (a stain: That spilt coffee has left a mark on the carpet.) merkki
    4) (a sign used as a guide to position etc: There's a mark on the map showing where the church is.) arvosana
    5) (a cross or other sign used instead of a signature: He couldn't sign his name, so he made his mark instead.) tahra
    6) (an indication or sign of a particular thing: a mark of respect.) merkki
    2. verb
    1) (to put a mark or stain on, or to become marked or stained: Every pupil's coat must be marked with his name; That coffee has marked the tablecloth; This white material marks easily.) merkitä, tahrata
    2) (to give marks to (a piece of work): I have forty exam-papers to mark tonight.) korjata
    3) (to show; to be a sign of: X marks the spot where the treasure is buried.) osoittaa
    4) (to note: Mark it down in your notebook.) merkitä muistiin
    5) ((in football etc) to keep close to (an opponent) so as to prevent his getting the ball: Your job is to mark the centre-forward.) vartioida
    - markedly
    - marker
    - marksman
    - marksmanship
    - leave/make one's mark
    - mark out
    - mark time

    English-Finnish dictionary > mark

  • 15 model

    • näyte
    • ideoida
    • ihanne
    • tyyppi
    • asu
    • esimerkillinen
    • esimerkki
    • esikuva
    • esikuvallinen
    • alkumuoto
    • valokuvamalli
    • vuosimalli
    • kehitellä
    • kaava
    • kaavailla
    • hahmotella
    • hahmottaa
    • muotoilla
    • muodostaa
    • muovata
    • muoto
    • muovailla
    • muotoilu
    • perikuva
    • mallikappale
    • mannekiini
    • mallikelpoinen
    • malli
    • sommitella
    • suunnitella
    • kuosi
    • pienoismalli
    • konstruoida
    • luonnostella
    * * *
    'modl 1. noun
    1) (a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale: a model of the Taj Mahal; ( also adjective) a model aeroplane.) pienoismalli, malli
    2) (a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers: Our car is a 1999 model.) malli
    3) (a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn: He has a job as a male fashion model.) mannekiini
    4) (a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc: I work as an artist's model.) malli
    5) (something that can be used to copy from.) malli
    6) (a person or thing which is an excellent example: She is a model of politeness; ( also adjective) model behaviour.) perikuva
    2. verb
    1) (to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers: They model (underwear) for a living.) esittää
    2) (to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc: She models at the local art school.)
    3) (to make models (of things or people): to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.)
    4) (to form (something) into a (particular) shape: She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.)

    English-Finnish dictionary > model

  • 16 slog

    • iskeä kovasti
    • jysäyttää
    • tarpoa
    * * *
    sloɡ 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb
    1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) kumauttaa
    2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) punnertaa
    3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) puurtaa
    2. noun
    1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) puurtaminen
    2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) jysäytys

    English-Finnish dictionary > slog

  • 17 start

    • orastaa
    • panna alulle
    • panna käyntiin
    • panna
    • ryhtyä
    • ruveta
    • saada
    • nousta
    • nostaa
    • hätkähtää
    • hytkähtää
    • hölletä
    • hätkähdys
    • irtaantua
    technology
    • irrottaa
    • herjetä
    • vavahdus
    • vireillä
    • auttaa alkuun
    • etumatka
    • alkaa
    • alkuunpano
    • alkuunlähtö
    • alkuperä
    • alkaminen
    • alku
    • aloittaa
    • aloitus
    • antaa lähtömerkki
    • kavahtaa
    • liikkeellelähtö
    • perustaa
    • startata
    • startti
    • syöksyä
    • säpsähtää
    • yltyä
    • äityä
    • käynnistää
    • käydä
    • käynnistys-
    • käynnistyä
    • käynnistys
    • käyntiinlähtö
    • pistää
    • lähtöviiva
    • lähteä
    • lähtö
    • lähteä käyntiin
    * * *
    I 1. verb
    1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) lähteä liikkeelle
    2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) alkaa, aloittaa
    3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) käynnistyä, käynnistää
    4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) panna alulle, perustaa
    2. noun
    1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.)
    2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.)
    - starting-point
    - for a start
    - get off to a good
    - bad start
    - start off
    - start out
    - start up
    - to start with
    II 1. verb
    (to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.) säpsähtää
    2. noun
    1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.)
    2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!)

    English-Finnish dictionary > start

  • 18 triple

    • kolmi
    • kolmiosainen
    • kolminkertaistua
    • kolminainen
    • kolmois
    • kolminkertainen
    * * *
    'tripl 1. adjective
    1) (three times (as big, much etc as usual): He received triple wages for all his extra work; a triple whisky.) kolminkertainen
    2) (made up of three (parts etc): a triple agreement.) kolmiosainen
    2. verb
    (to make or become three times as much, big etc; to treble: He tripled his income; His income tripled in ten years.) kolminkertaistaa, kolminkertaistua
    3. noun
    (three times the (usual) amount: If you work the bank holiday, you will be paid triple.) kolminkertainen määrä

    English-Finnish dictionary > triple

  • 19 bee

    • kilpailu
    • mehiläinen
    • talkoot
    * * *
    bi:
    1) (a four-winged insect that makes honey.) mehiläinen
    2) ((especially American) a meeting for combined work and enjoyment: a knitting bee.) ompeluseura, talkoot
    - beeswax
    - a bee in one's bonnet
    - make a bee-line for

    English-Finnish dictionary > bee

  • 20 business

    • toimi
    • juttu
    • työasiat
    • työ
    • homma
    • bisnes
    • elinkeino
    • elämänkutsumus
    • elinkeinotoiminta
    • firma
    • asia
    • kauppa
    • kauppaliike
    • kaupanteko
    • kauppa-ala
    • kaupankäynti
    • kaupallinen
    • liike
    • liiketoiminta
    finance, business, economy
    • liiketalous
    finance, business, economy
    • liiketoimi
    • liike-elämä
    finance, business, economy
    • liiketaloudellinen
    • liikeasiat
    • liikeasia
    • liikeala
    finance, business, economy
    • liikeyritys
    • taloudellinen
    • säästeliäs
    • yritys
    • yhtiö
    * * *
    'biznis
    1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) liiketoiminta
    2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) liike(yritys)
    3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) asia
    - businessman
    - on business

    English-Finnish dictionary > business

См. также в других словарях:

  • 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

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