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work has already started on the film — ya han empezado a filmar or rodar

the house needs a lot of work done o (BrE) doing to it — la casa necesita muchos arreglos

she put a lot of work into it — puso mucho esfuerzo or empeño en ello

to set to work — ponerse* a trabajar, poner* manos a la obra

keep up the good work — sigue (or sigan etc) así!

it's all in a day's work — es el pan nuestro de cada día

to have one's work cut out: she's going to have her work cut out to get the job done in time le va a costar terminar el trabajo a tiempo; to make short work of something: Pete made short work of the ironing Pete planchó todo rapidísimo; you made short work of that pizza! te has despachado pronto la pizza!; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy — hay que dejar tiempo para el esparcimiento

to go to work — ir* a trabajar or al trabajo

they both go out to work — (BrE) los dos trabajan (afuera)

I start/finish work at seven — entro a trabajar or al trabajo/salgo del trabajo a las siete

at work: he's at work está en el trabajo, está en la oficina (or la fábrica etc); they were hard at work estaban muy ocupados trabajando; other forces were at work intervenían otros factores, había otros factores en juego; men at work obras, hombres trabajando; in work (BrE): those in work quienes tienen trabajo; off work: she was off work for a month after the accident después del accidente estuvo un mes sin trabajar; he took a day off work se tomó un día libre; out of work: the closures will put 1,200 people out of work los cierres dejarán en la calle a 1.200 personas; to be out of work estar* sin trabajo or desocupado or desempleado or (Chi tb) cesante, estar* parado or en el paro (Esp); (before n) out-of-work — desocupado, desempleado, parado (Esp), cesante (Chi)

it was the work of a professional — era obra de un profesional; see also works

to get working — ponerse* a trabajar, poner* manos a la obra

to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

to work AT something: you have to work at your service tiene que practicar el servicio; a relationship is something you have to work at una relación de pareja requiere cierto esfuerzo; she was working away at her accounts estaba ocupada con su contabilidad; to work FOR somebody trabajar para alguien; to work for oneself trabajar por cuenta propia; to work FOR something: fame didn't just come to me: I had to work for it la fama no me llegó del cielo, tuve que trabajar para conseguirla; he's working for his finals está estudiando or está preparándose para los exámenes finales; to work IN something: to work in marble trabajar el mármol or con mármol; to work in oils pintar al óleo, trabajar con óleos; to work ON something: he's working on his car está arreglando el coche; scientists are working on a cure los científicos están intentando encontrar una cura; she hasn't been fired yet, but she's working on it (hum) todavía no la han echado, pero parece empeñada en que lo hagan; we're working on the assumption that... partimos del supuesto de que...; the police had very little to work on la policía tenía muy pocas pistas; to work UNDER somebody — trabajar bajo la dirección de alguien

it works both ways: you have to make an effort too, you know: it works both ways — tú también tienes que hacer el esfuerzo, ¿sabes? funciona igual or (esp AmL) parejo para los dos

these colors just don't work together — estos colores no pegan or no combinan

his socks had worked down to his ankles — se le habían caído los calcetines; see also free I 1) c), loose I 1) b)

she worked it so that I didn't have to pay — se las arregló or se las ingenió para que yo no tuviera que pagar

• to be at work on sth — estar trabajando sobre algo

• work has begun on the new dam — se han comenzado las obras del nuevo embalse

• it's all in a day's work — es pan de cada día

• to do one's work — hacer su trabajo

• to get some work done — hacer algo (de trabajo)

• to get on with one's work — seguir trabajando

• good work! — (=well done) ¡buen trabajo!

• it's hard work — es mucho trabajo, cuesta (trabajo)

he's hard work * — es una persona difícil

• a piece of work — un trabajo

• she's put a lot of work into it — le ha puesto grandes esfuerzos

• to make quick work of sth/sb — despachar algo/a algn con rapidez

• to set to work — ponerse a trabajar

• to make short work of sth/sb — despachar algo/a algn con rapidez

• to start work — ponerse a trabajar

"work wanted" — (US) "demandas de empleo"

• to be at work — estar trabajando

accidents at work — accidentes mpl laborales

• to go to work — ir a trabajar

• to go out to work — (=have a job) tener un trabajo

• to be in work — tener trabajo

• she's looking for work — está buscando trabajo

• it's nice work if you can get it — es muy agradable para los que tienen esa suerte

• I'm off work for a week — tengo una semana de permiso

• to be out of work — estar desempleado or parado or en paro

• to put sb out of work — dejar a algn sin trabajo

• on her way to work — camino del trabajo

• good works — obras fpl de caridad

• his life's work — el trabajo al que ha dedicado su vida

• a work of art — una obra de arte

• a literary work — una obra literaria

• a work of reference — un libro de consulta

Ministry of Works — Ministerio m de Obras Públicas

• he is working at his German — está dándole al alemán

• to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

• she works in a bakery — trabaja en una panadería

• to work to rule — (Ind) estar en huelga de celo

• to work towards sth — trabajar or realizar esfuerzos para conseguir algo

my brain doesn't seem to be working today — hum mi cerebro no funciona hoy como es debido

• it may work against us — podría sernos desfavorable

• this can work both ways — esto puede ser un arma de doble filo

• this may work in our favour — puede que esto nos venga bien

• to get sth working — hacer funcionar algo

• it works off the mains — funciona con la electricidad de la red

• my plan worked perfectly — mi plan funcionó a la perfección

• to work loose — desprenderse

• to work round to a question — preparar el terreno para preguntar algo

he has managed to work his promotion * — ha conseguido asegurarse el ascenso

they worked it so that she could come * — lo arreglaron para que viniera

worked flint — piedra f tallada

• to work o.s. into a rage — ponerse furioso, enfurecerse

• the screw had worked itself loose — el tornillo se había soltado solo

• to work one's way along — ir avanzando poco a poco

to work one's way up a cliff — escalar poco a poco or a duras penas un precipicio

• to work one's passage on a ship — costearse un viaje trabajando

• to work one's way through college — costearse los estudios universitarios trabajando

work area N — área f de trabajo

work camp N — campamento m laboral

work ethic N — ética f del trabajo

work experience N — experiencia f laboral

work file N — fichero m de trabajo

work force N — (=labourers) mano f de obra; (=personnel) plantilla f

work in progress N — trabajo m en proceso

work permit N — permiso m de trabajo

work prospects NPL — [of student] perspectivas fpl de trabajo

work study N — práctica f estudiantil

work surface N — = worktop

work therapy N — laborterapia f, terapia f laboral

work week N — (US) semana f laboral

work has already started on the film — ya han empezado a filmar or rodar

the house needs a lot of work done o (BrE) doing to it — la casa necesita muchos arreglos

she put a lot of work into it — puso mucho esfuerzo or empeño en ello

to set to work — ponerse* a trabajar, poner* manos a la obra

keep up the good work — sigue (or sigan etc) así!

it's all in a day's work — es el pan nuestro de cada día

to have one's work cut out: she's going to have her work cut out to get the job done in time le va a costar terminar el trabajo a tiempo; to make short work of something: Pete made short work of the ironing Pete planchó todo rapidísimo; you made short work of that pizza! te has despachado pronto la pizza!; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy — hay que dejar tiempo para el esparcimiento

to go to work — ir* a trabajar or al trabajo

they both go out to work — (BrE) los dos trabajan (afuera)

I start/finish work at seven — entro a trabajar or al trabajo/salgo del trabajo a las siete

at work: he's at work está en el trabajo, está en la oficina (or la fábrica etc); they were hard at work estaban muy ocupados trabajando; other forces were at work intervenían otros factores, había otros factores en juego; men at work obras, hombres trabajando; in work (BrE): those in work quienes tienen trabajo; off work: she was off work for a month after the accident después del accidente estuvo un mes sin trabajar; he took a day off work se tomó un día libre; out of work: the closures will put 1,200 people out of work los cierres dejarán en la calle a 1.200 personas; to be out of work estar* sin trabajo or desocupado or desempleado or (Chi tb) cesante, estar* parado or en el paro (Esp); (before n) out-of-work — desocupado, desempleado, parado (Esp), cesante (Chi)

it was the work of a professional — era obra de un profesional; see also works

to get working — ponerse* a trabajar, poner* manos a la obra

to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

to work AT something: you have to work at your service tiene que practicar el servicio; a relationship is something you have to work at una relación de pareja requiere cierto esfuerzo; she was working away at her accounts estaba ocupada con su contabilidad; to work FOR somebody trabajar para alguien; to work for oneself trabajar por cuenta propia; to work FOR something: fame didn't just come to me: I had to work for it la fama no me llegó del cielo, tuve que trabajar para conseguirla; he's working for his finals está estudiando or está preparándose para los exámenes finales; to work IN something: to work in marble trabajar el mármol or con mármol; to work in oils pintar al óleo, trabajar con óleos; to work ON something: he's working on his car está arreglando el coche; scientists are working on a cure los científicos están intentando encontrar una cura; she hasn't been fired yet, but she's working on it (hum) todavía no la han echado, pero parece empeñada en que lo hagan; we're working on the assumption that... partimos del supuesto de que...; the police had very little to work on la policía tenía muy pocas pistas; to work UNDER somebody — trabajar bajo la dirección de alguien

it works both ways: you have to make an effort too, you know: it works both ways — tú también tienes que hacer el esfuerzo, ¿sabes? funciona igual or (esp AmL) parejo para los dos

these colors just don't work together — estos colores no pegan or no combinan

his socks had worked down to his ankles — se le habían caído los calcetines; see also free I 1) c), loose I 1) b)

she worked it so that I didn't have to pay — se las arregló or se las ingenió para que yo no tuviera que pagar

at a depth of 3 metres — in einer Tiefe von 3 Metern

from/in the depths of the forest/ocean — aus/in der Tiefe des Waldes/des Ozeans

in the depths of winter — im tiefen Winter

at a depth of 3 feet — in einer Tiefe von 3 Fuß, in 3 Fuß Tiefe

to be out of one's depth (lit) — den Boden unter den Füßen verlieren; (fig also) ins Schwimmen geraten

they now understood the depth of feeling on this issue — sie wussten jetzt, wie sehr dieses Thema die Gemüter bewegte

in depth — eingehend, intensiv; interview ausführlich

depth(s) — Tiefen pl

in the depths of the countryside — auf dem flachen Land

from the depths of the earth — aus den Tiefen der Erde (geh)

to sink to new depths — so tief wie nie zuvor sinken

to be out of one's depth — (in water) non toccare (il fondo); fig. non essere all'altezza (della situazione)

the depths of the sea — le profondità o gli abissi del mare

to be out of one's depth — (in water) non toccare (il fondo); fig. non essere all'altezza (della situazione)

the depths of the sea — le profondità o gli abissi del mare

to make a (dead) set at sb. — BE colloq. fare di tutto per conquistare qcn

set phrase set expression frase fatta, luogo comune; to be set in one's ways essere un abitudinario, avere le proprie abitudini; the weather is set fair — il tempo è sul bello stabile o si è messo al bello

to be well set-up — colloq. (financially) stare bene, disporre di mezzi

to set sth. before sb. — mettere qcs. davanti a qcn. [food, plate]; fig. presentare qcs. a qcn. [proposals, findings]

to set sth. into sth. — mettere o incastrare o infilare qcs. in qcs.

to set sth. straight — (align) raddrizzare qcs., mettere qcs. dritto [ painting]; fig. (tidy) mettere qcs. in ordine [papers, room]

to set matters o the record straight fig. mettere le cose in chiaro; his eyes are set very close together — ha gli occhi molto ravvicinati

to set one's sights on — mettere gli occhi su [ job]

to set sth. going — mettere in marcia, avviare [ machine]

to set a book for study — inserire o mettere un libro nel programma

to make a (dead) set at sb. — BE colloq. fare di tutto per conquistare qcn

set phrase set expression frase fatta, luogo comune; to be set in one's ways essere un abitudinario, avere le proprie abitudini; the weather is set fair — il tempo è sul bello stabile o si è messo al bello

to be well set-up — colloq. (financially) stare bene, disporre di mezzi

to set sth. before sb. — mettere qcs. davanti a qcn. [food, plate]; fig. presentare qcs. a qcn. [proposals, findings]

to set sth. into sth. — mettere o incastrare o infilare qcs. in qcs.

to set sth. straight — (align) raddrizzare qcs., mettere qcs. dritto [ painting]; fig. (tidy) mettere qcs. in ordine [papers, room]

to set matters o the record straight fig. mettere le cose in chiaro; his eyes are set very close together — ha gli occhi molto ravvicinati

to set one's sights on — mettere gli occhi su [ job]

to set sth. going — mettere in marcia, avviare [ machine]

to set a book for study — inserire o mettere un libro nel programma

set somebody ashore — jemanden an Land setzen

set the proposals before the board — (fig.) dem Vorstand die Vorschläge unterbreiten od. vorlegen

set something against something — (balance) etwas einer Sache (Dat.) gegenüberstellen

set a match to something — ein Streichholz an etwas (Akk.) halten

set the alarm for 5.30 a.m. — den Wecker auf 5.30 Uhr stellen

set something/things right or in order — etwas/die Dinge in Ordnung bringen

set somebody thinking that... — jemanden auf den Gedanken bringen, dass...

the news set me thinking — die Nachricht machte mich nachdenklich

set [of two] — Paar, das

chess set — Schachspiel, das

racing set — Rennsportfreunde od. -fans

be set in one's ways or habits — in seinen Gewohnheiten festgefahren sein

set meal or menu — Menü, das

something is set to increase — etwas wird bald steigen

all set? — (coll.) alles klar od. fertig?