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2 sth in a pile
прави куп од нешто: става нешто на куп; in a pile на куп: a (neat/untidy) pile of books/clothes (подреден/растурен) куп книги/алишта3. piles of (money/cash/work) купишта, еден куп (кеш/пари/работа): I've got piles of work to do Имам купишта работа да посвршам4. archil. (потпорен) колец, столб; built on piles изграден на колци5. огромно/импресивно здание: a rambling Victorian pile огромно викторијанско здание.; 6. elect, батерија.; 7. phys. (нуклеарен) реактор.; 8. piles inf. med. шуљеви, хемороиди.; 9. клада.; 10. text, влакно (од ткаенина); велвет, кадифе.; 11. (the) top/bottom of the pile од највисокото/најниското скалило (на општеството/организацијага); companies at the bottom of the financial pile компании на дното од финансиска та скала.; 12. make a pile inf. заработува цело (мало) богатство: сс опарува
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
