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1 this

ðis
1. plural - these; adjective
1) (used to indicate a person, thing etc nearby or close in time: This book is better than that (one); I prefer these trousers.) este, esta, estos, estas

2) (used in stories to indicate a person, thing etc that one is describing or about to describe: Then this man arrived.) éste, ésta, éstos, éstas; dicho hombre/dicha mujer

2. pronoun
(used for a thing etc or a person nearby or close in time: Read this - you'll like it; This is my friend John Smith.) esto; éste, ésta

3. adverb
(so; to this degree: I didn't think it would be this easy.) tan

- like this

this¹ adj este / esta

I don't like this car este coche no me gusta

come and see me this afternoon ven a verme esta tarde

El plural de this es these

these socks are dirty estos calcetines están sucios

this² pron éste / ésta

this is the one I want éste es el que quiero

El plural de this es these

this

tr[ðɪs]

adjective

1 este, esta

■ whose is this book? ¿de quién es este libro?

■ do you like this shirt? ¿te gusta esta camisa?

pronoun

1 éste, ésta (indefinite) esto

■ I prefer this one prefiero éste

■ I was afraid this was going to happen me temía que iba a pasar esto

2 (on 'phone)

■ this is Laura soy Laura

adverb

1 tan, tanto,-a

■ I didn't think it was this far no creía que fuera tan lejos

■ I've never had this much money before nunca había tenido tanto dinero

■ she's about this tall es así de alta

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

like this así

this and that nada en particular

this is (introducing) te presento a

■ this is my wife te presento a mi mujer

this ['ðɪs] adv

: así, a tal punto

this big: así de grande

this adj, pl these ['ði:z] : este

these things: estas cosas

read this book: lee este libro

this pron, pl these : esto

what's this?: ¿qué es esto?

this wasn't here yesterday: esto no estaba aquí ayer

this

adj.

• esta adj.

• este adj.

adv.

• tan adv.

pron.

• esto pron.

• ésta pron.

• éste pron.

I ðɪs
pronoun (pl these)

1) éste, -ta; (neuter) esto

these — éstos, -tas [According to the Real Academia Española, the accent can be omitted when there is no ambiguity]

this is the dining room and this is the kitchen — éste es el dormitorio y ésta es la cocina

what is this? — ¿qué es esto?

this is mine and that is yours — esto es mío y eso es tuyo

this is John's father — ( on photo) éste es el padre de John; ( introducing) te presento al padre de John

this is where you work? — ¿aquí es donde trabajas?

this is Jack Smith (speaking) — ( on telephone) habla Jack Smith, soy Jack Smith

what's all this I hear about you getting married? — ¿qué es eso de que te casas?

2) (in phrases)

at this: at this, he flew into a rage al oír (or ver etc) esto, se puso furioso; with this: with this, she left habiendo dicho (or hecho etc) esto, se fue; this is it: this is it, the big moment has arrived! bueno, llegó la hora; this and that: what have you been up to lately? - oh, this and that — ¿qué has hecho últimamente? - nada en particular

II

adjective (pl these)

1) este, -ta; (pl) estos, -tas

look at this tree/house — mira este árbol/esta casa

whose are these books/coins? — ¿de quién son estos libros/estas monedas?

I like these yellow ones — me gustan éstos amarillos/éstas amarillas

this time next year — el año que viene por estas fechas

2) ( in narration) (colloq)

suddenly these three guys came up to me and... — de repente se me acercan tres tipos y... (fam)

III

adverb

my desk is this big — mi escritorio es así de grande

now we've come this far... — ya que hemos venido hasta aquí...

I never thought it would be this expensive — nunca pensé que fuera a ser tan caro

[ðɪs]
1.

DEM ADJ
(pl these) este(-a)
this man/book — este hombre/libro

this woman — esta mujer

• this evening — esta tarde

• this one here — este/esta que está aquí, este/esta de aquí

it's not that picture but this one I like — no es ese cuadro el que me gusta sino este

• this time — esta vez

this time next week — de hoy en una semana

this time last year — hoy hace un año

• this way — por aquí

• this week — esta semana

this coming week — esta semana que viene
these
2.

DEM PRON
(pl these) este(-a), éste(-a); (neuter) esto The pronoun this ( one) is translated by este (masc), esta (fem) and esto (neuter). Note that in the past the standard spelling for the masculine and feminine pronouns was with an accent (éste/ésta). Nowadays the Real Academia Española advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjectives este/esta. The neuter pronoun never carries an accent.
this is the house I was telling you about — esta es la casa de la que te hablaba

who is this? — ¿quién es?

what is this? — ¿qué es esto?

this is new — esto es nuevo

this is Mr Brown — (in introductions) le presento al señor Brown; (in photo) este es el señor Brown; (on phone) soy or habla el señor Brown

I prefer this to that — prefiero esto a aquello

but this is April — pero estamos en abril

this is Friday — hoy es viernes

where did you find this? — ¿dónde encontraste esto?

this is where I live — aquí vivo

"but he's nearly bald" - "this is it" — -pero está casi calvo -ahí está la dificultad

• what's all this? — ¿qué pasa?

what's all this I hear about you leaving? — ¿qué es eso de que te vas?

• do it like this — hágalo así

it was like this... — te diré lo que pasó...

• what with this, that and the other I was busy all week — entre una cosa y otra estuve ocupado toda la semana

they sat talking of this and that — sentados, hablaban de esto y lo otro
these
3.

DEM ADV

• I didn't know it was this far — no sabía que estaba tan lejos

I've never been this far before — nunca había llegado hasta aquí

• the wall is this high — la pared es así de alta

he is this high — es así de alto

• I've never seen this much money — nunca había visto tanto dinero junto

I can tell you this much... — lo que sí te puedo decir es...

* * *

I [ðɪs]
pronoun (pl these)

1) éste, -ta; (neuter) esto

these — éstos, -tas [According to the Real Academia Española, the accent can be omitted when there is no ambiguity]

this is the dining room and this is the kitchen — éste es el dormitorio y ésta es la cocina

what is this? — ¿qué es esto?

this is mine and that is yours — esto es mío y eso es tuyo

this is John's father — ( on photo) éste es el padre de John; ( introducing) te presento al padre de John

this is where you work? — ¿aquí es donde trabajas?

this is Jack Smith (speaking) — ( on telephone) habla Jack Smith, soy Jack Smith

what's all this I hear about you getting married? — ¿qué es eso de que te casas?

2) (in phrases)

at this: at this, he flew into a rage al oír (or ver etc) esto, se puso furioso; with this: with this, she left habiendo dicho (or hecho etc) esto, se fue; this is it: this is it, the big moment has arrived! bueno, llegó la hora; this and that: what have you been up to lately? - oh, this and that — ¿qué has hecho últimamente? - nada en particular

II

adjective (pl these)

1) este, -ta; (pl) estos, -tas

look at this tree/house — mira este árbol/esta casa

whose are these books/coins? — ¿de quién son estos libros/estas monedas?

I like these yellow ones — me gustan éstos amarillos/éstas amarillas

this time next year — el año que viene por estas fechas

2) ( in narration) (colloq)

suddenly these three guys came up to me and... — de repente se me acercan tres tipos y... (fam)

III

adverb

my desk is this big — mi escritorio es así de grande

now we've come this far... — ya que hemos venido hasta aquí...

I never thought it would be this expensive — nunca pensé que fuera a ser tan caro

English-spanish dictionary > this
2 where

where [weə(r)]

où ⇒ 1 (a), 2 (a), 3 (a) là où ⇒ 2 (a)-(d) là que ⇒ 2 (b) quand ⇒ 2 (c) alors que ⇒ 2 (d)

1 adverb

(a) (at, in, to what place) où;

∎ where is the restaurant? où est le restaurant?;

∎ where are we going? où allons-nous?;

∎ where are you from? d'où est-ce que vous venez?, d'où êtes-vous?;

∎ where did you put them? où les avez-vous mis?;

∎ where is the entrance? où est l'entrée?;

∎ the school is near where? l'école est près d'où?;

∎ where does this road lead? où va cette route?

(b) (at what stage, position)

∎ where are you in your work/in the book? où en êtes-vous dans votre travail/dans votre lecture?;

∎ where were we? où en étions-nous?;

∎ where do you stand on this issue? quelle est votre position ou opinion sur cette question?;

∎ where do you stand with the boss? quels sont vos rapports avec le patron?;

∎ where do I come into it? qu'est-ce que j'ai à faire là-dedans, moi?;

∎ where would I be without you? que serais-je devenu sans toi?

2 conjunction

(a) (the place at or in which) (là) où;

∎ it rains a lot where we live il pleut beaucoup là où nous habitons;

∎ she told me where to go (gave me directions) elle m'a dit où (il fallait) aller; (was rude) elle m'a envoyé promener;

∎ there is a factory where I used to go to school il y a une usine là où ou à l'endroit où j'allais autrefois à l'école;

∎ how did you know where to find me? comment avez-vous su où me trouver?;

∎ I wonder where my keys are je me demande où sont mes clés;

∎ you'll find your key where you left it tu trouveras ta clé (là) où tu l'as laissée;

∎ sit where you like asseyez-vous où vous voulez ou voudrez;

∎ turn left where the two roads meet tournez à gauche au croisement;

∎ where the Doubs meets the Saône au confluent du Doubs et de la Saône;

∎ figurative I just don't know where to begin je ne sais vraiment pas par où commencer

(b) (the place that) là que, là où;

∎ this is where I work c'est là que je travaille;

∎ so that's where I left my coat! voilà où j'ai laissé mon manteau!;

∎ he showed me where the students live il m'a montré l'endroit où habitent les étudiants;

∎ this is where we get off the bus c'est là que nous descendons;

∎ the child ran up to where her mother was sitting l'enfant a couru jusqu'à l'endroit où sa mère était assise;

∎ we can't see well from where we're sitting nous ne voyons pas bien d'où ou de là où nous sommes assis;

∎ figurative I see where I went wrong je vois où je me suis trompé;

∎ that's where she's mistaken c'est là qu'elle se trompe, voilà son erreur;

∎ this is where you have to make up your mind là, il faut que tu te décides

(c) (whenever, wherever) quand, là où;

∎ the judge is uncompromising where drugs are concerned le juge est intraitable lorsqu'il ou quand il s'agit de drogue;

∎ the situation is hopeless where defence is concerned pour la défense, la situation est sans espoir;

∎ he can't be objective where she's concerned il ne peut pas être objectif lorsqu'il s'agit d'elle;

∎ Mathematics where x equals y où x égale y;

∎ where possible là où ou quand c'est possible;

∎ delete where inapplicable (on form) rayer les mentions inutiles;

∎ proverb where there's life, there's hope tant qu'il y a de la vie, il y a de l'espoir

(d) (whereas, while) là où, alors que;

∎ where others see a horrid brat, I see a shy little boy là où les autres voient un affreux moutard, je vois un petit garçon timide

3 relative pronoun

(a) (in which, at which) où;

∎ the place where we went on holiday l'endroit où nous sommes allés en vacances;

∎ the room where he was working la pièce où ou dans laquelle il travaillait;

∎ the table where they were sitting la table où ou à laquelle ils étaient assis;

∎ it was the kind of restaurant where tourists go c'était le genre de restaurant que fréquentent les touristes;

∎ figurative I'm at the part where they discover the murder j'en suis au moment où ils découvrent le meurtre;

∎ it's reached a stage where I'm finding it difficult to work ça en est au point où travailler me devient pénible

(b) (in or at which place)

∎ Boston, where I was born Boston, où je suis né, Boston, ma ville natale;

∎ they went to Paris, where they stayed a week ils sont allés à Paris et y sont restés huit jours;

∎ sign at the bottom, where I've put a cross signez en bas, là où j'ai mis une croix

4 noun

∎ they discussed the where and how of his accident ils ont parlé en détail des circonstances de son accident;

∎ the where and the when le lieu et la date/l'heure;

∎ you can find that any old where vous pouvez trouver cela n'importe où

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3 work

work [wɜ:k]

travail ⇒ 1 (a)-(e), 1 (g) œuvre ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (f) besogne ⇒ 1 (b) emploi ⇒ 1 (c) ouvrage ⇒ 1 (f) recherches ⇒ 1 (g) travailler ⇒ 2A (a)-(e), 3A (b), 3A (c), 3A (e), 3C (a) fonctionner ⇒ 2B (a) marcher ⇒ 2B (a), 2B (b) réussir ⇒ 2B (b) agir ⇒ 2B (c), 2B (d) faire travailler ⇒ 3A (a) faire marcher ⇒ 3B (a) façonner ⇒ 3C (a) mécanisme ⇒ 4 1 (a) travaux ⇒ 4 1 (b) usine ⇒ 4 2 (a)

1 noun

(a) (effort, activity) travail m, œuvre f;

∎ computers take some of the work out of filing les ordinateurs facilitent le classement;

∎ this report needs more work il y a encore du travail à faire sur ce rapport, ce rapport demande plus de travail;

∎ she's done a lot of work for charity elle a beaucoup travaillé pour des associations caritatives;

∎ it will take a lot of work to make a team out of them ça va être un drôle de travail de faire d'eux une équipe;

∎ keep up the good work! continuez comme ça!;

∎ nice or good work! c'est du bon travail!, bravo!;

∎ that's fine work or a fine piece of work c'est du beau travail;

∎ your work has been useful vous avez fait du travail utile;

∎ work on the tunnel is to start in March (existing tunnel) les travaux sur le tunnel doivent commencer en mars; (new tunnel) la construction du tunnel doit commencer en mars;

∎ work in progress Administration travail en cours; Accountancy travaux mpl en cours, inventaire m de production; (sign) travaux en cours;

∎ she put a lot of work into that book elle a beaucoup travaillé sur ce livre;

∎ to make work for sb compliquer la vie à qn;

∎ to start work, to set to work se mettre au travail;

∎ she set or she went to work on the contract elle a commencé à travailler sur le contrat;

∎ he set to work undermining their confidence il a entrepris de saper leur confiance;

∎ I set him to work (on) painting the kitchen je lui ai donné la cuisine à peindre;

∎ they put him to work in the kitchen ils l'ont mis au travail dans la cuisine;

∎ let's get (down) to work! (mettons-nous) au travail!;

∎ proverb all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy beaucoup de travail et peu de loisirs ne réussissent à personne

(b) (duty, task) travail m, besogne f;

∎ I've got loads of work to do j'ai énormément de travail à faire;

∎ she gave us too much work elle nous a donné trop de travail;

∎ he's trying to get some work done il essaie de travailler un peu;

∎ they do their work well ils travaillent bien, ils font du bon travail;

∎ it's hard work c'est du travail, ce n'est pas facile;

∎ it's thirsty work ça donne soif;

∎ to make short or light work of sth expédier qch;

∎ figurative to make short work of sb ne faire qu'une bouchée de qn;

∎ familiar it's nice work if you can get it! c'est une bonne planque, encore faut-il la trouver!

(c) (paid employment) travail m, emploi m;

∎ what (kind of) work do you do? qu'est-ce que vous faites dans la vie?, quel travail faites-vous?;

∎ I do translation work je suis traducteur, je fais des traductions;

∎ to find work trouver du travail;

∎ to look for work chercher du travail ou un emploi;

∎ to be in work travailler, avoir un emploi;

∎ to be out of work être au chômage ou sans travail ou sans emploi;

∎ he had a week off work (holiday) il a pris une semaine de vacances; (illness) il n'est pas allé au travail pendant une semaine;

∎ to take time off work prendre des congés;

∎ she's off work today elle ne travaille pas aujourd'hui;

∎ to do a full day's work faire une journée entière de travail;

∎ people out of work (gen) les chômeurs mpl; Administration & Economics les inactifs mpl

(d) (place of employment) travail m; Administration lieu m de travail;

∎ I go to work by bus je vais au travail en bus;

∎ I'm late for work je suis en retard pour le travail;

∎ he's a friend from work c'est un collègue;

∎ where is your (place of) work? où travaillez-vous?, quel est votre lieu de travail?;

∎ on her way home from work en rentrant du travail

(e) (papers, material etc being worked on) travail m;

∎ to take work home prendre du travail à la maison;

∎ her work was all over the table son travail était étalé sur la table

(f) (creation, artefact etc) œuvre f; (on smaller scale) ouvrage m; Sewing ouvrage m;

∎ it's all my own work j'ai tout fait moi-même;

∎ it's an interesting piece of work (gen) c'est un travail intéressant; Art, Literature & Music c'est une œuvre intéressante;

∎ very detailed/delicate work (embroidery, carving etc) ouvrage très détaillé/délicat;

∎ these formations are the work of the wind ces formations sont l'œuvre du vent;

∎ the silversmith sells much of his work to hotels l'orfèvre vend une grande partie de ce qu'il fait ou de son travail à des hôtels;

∎ the complete works of Shakespeare les œuvres complètes ou l'œuvre de Shakespeare;

∎ a new work on Portugal un nouvel ouvrage sur le Portugal;

∎ a work of art une œuvre d'art;

∎ works of fiction des ouvrages de fiction

(g) (research) travail m, recherches fpl;

∎ there hasn't been a lot of work done on the subject peu de travail a été fait ou peu de recherches ont été faites sur le sujet

(h) (deed) œuvre f, acte m;

∎ good works bonnes œuvres fpl;

∎ each man will be judged by his works chaque homme sera jugé selon ses œuvres;

∎ charitable works actes mpl de charité, actes mpl charitables;

∎ the murder is the work of a madman le meurtre est l'œuvre d'un fou

(i) (effect) effet m;

∎ wait until the medicine has done its work attendez que le médicament ait agi ou ait produit son effet

(j) Physics travail m

2 intransitive verb

A.

(a) (exert effort on a specific task, activity etc) travailler;

∎ we worked for hours cleaning the house nous avons passé des heures à faire le ménage;

∎ they worked in the garden ils ont fait du jardinage;

∎ we work hard nous travaillons dur;

∎ she's working on a novel just now elle travaille à un roman en ce moment;

∎ a detective is working on this case un détective est sur cette affaire;

∎ he works at or on keeping himself fit il fait de l'exercice pour garder la forme;

∎ we have to work to a deadline nous devons respecter des délais dans notre travail;

∎ we have to work to a budget nous devons travailler avec un certain budget;

∎ I've worked with the handicapped before j'ai déjà travaillé avec les handicapés;

∎ I work with the Spanish on that project je travaille (en collaboration) avec les Espagnols sur ce projet

(b) (be employed) travailler;

∎ he works as a teacher il a un poste d'enseignant;

∎ I work in advertising je travaille dans la publicité;

∎ who do you work for? chez qui est-ce que vous travaillez?;

∎ she works in or for a bank elle travaille dans ou pour une banque;

∎ I work a forty-hour week je travaille quarante heures par semaine, je fais une semaine de quarante heures;

∎ to work for a living travailler pour gagner sa vie;

∎ Industry to work to rule faire la grève du zèle

(c) (strive for a specific goal or aim)

∎ to work for a good cause travailler pour une bonne cause;

∎ they're working for better international relations ils s'efforcent d'améliorer les relations internationales

(d) (study) travailler, étudier;

∎ you're going to have to work if you want to pass the exam il va falloir que tu travailles ou que tu étudies si tu veux avoir ton examen

(e) (use a specified substance) travailler;

∎ this sculptor works in or with copper ce sculpteur travaille avec le cuivre;

∎ she has always worked in or with watercolours elle a toujours travaillé avec de la peinture à l'eau

B.

(a) (function, operate → machine, brain, system) fonctionner, marcher;

∎ the lift doesn't work at night l'ascenseur ne marche pas la nuit;

∎ the lift never works l'ascenseur est toujours en panne;

∎ the radio works off batteries la radio fonctionne avec des piles;

∎ a pump worked by hand une pompe actionnée à la main ou manuellement;

∎ they soon got or had it working ils sont vite parvenus à le faire fonctionner;

∎ she sat still, her brain or her mind working furiously elle était assise immobile, le cerveau en ébullition;

∎ figurative everything worked smoothly tout s'est déroulé comme prévu;

∎ your idea just won't work ton idée ne peut pas marcher;

∎ this relationship isn't working cette relation ne marche pas;

∎ that argument works both ways ce raisonnement est à double tranchant;

∎ how does the law work exactly? comment la loi fonctionne-t-elle exactement?

(b) (produce results, succeed) marcher, réussir;

∎ it worked brilliantly ça a très bien marché;

∎ their scheme didn't work leur complot a échoué;

∎ that/flattery won't work with me ça/la flatterie ne prend pas avec moi

(c) (drug, medicine) agir, produire ou faire son effet

(d) (act) agir;

∎ the acid works as a catalyst l'acide agit comme ou sert de catalyseur;

∎ events have worked against us/in our favour les événements ont agi contre nous/en notre faveur;

∎ I'm working on the assumption that they'll sign the contract je pars du principe qu'ils signeront le contrat

C.

(a) (reach a condition or state gradually)

∎ to work loose se desserrer;

∎ to work free se libérer;

∎ the nail worked through the sole of my shoe le clou est passé à travers la semelle de ma chaussure

(b) (face, mouth) se contracter, se crisper

(c) (ferment) fermenter

3 transitive verb

A.

(a) (worker, employee, horse) faire travailler;

∎ the boss works his staff hard le patron exige beaucoup de travail de ses employés;

∎ you work yourself too hard tu te surmènes;

∎ to work oneself to death se tuer à la tâche;

∎ to work one's fingers to the bone s'user au travail

(b) (pay for with labour or service)

∎ they worked their passage to India ils ont payé leur passage en Inde en travaillant;

∎ I worked my way through college j'ai travaillé pour payer mes études à l'université

(c) (carry on activity in)

∎ he works the southern sales area il travaille pour le service commercial de la région sud;

∎ the pollster worked both sides of the street le sondeur a enquêté des deux côtés de la rue;

∎ figurative the candidate worked the crowd le candidat s'efforçait de soulever l'enthousiasme de la foule;

∎ a real-estate agent who works the phones un agent immobilier qui fait de la prospection par téléphone;

∎ she works the bars (prostitute) elle travaille dans les bars

(d) (achieve, accomplish)

∎ the new policy will work major changes la nouvelle politique opérera ou entraînera des changements importants;

∎ the story worked its magic or its charm on the public l'histoire a enchanté le public;

∎ to work a spell on sb jeter un sort à qn;

∎ to work miracles faire ou accomplir des miracles;

∎ to work wonders faire merveille;

∎ she has worked wonders with the children elle a fait des merveilles avec les enfants

(e) (make use of, exploit → land) travailler, cultiver; (→ mine, quarry) exploiter, faire valoir

B.

(a) (operate) faire marcher, faire fonctionner;

∎ this switch works the furnace ce bouton actionne ou commande la chaudière;

∎ he knows how to work the drill il sait se servir de la perceuse

(b) (manoeuvre)

∎ I worked the handle up and down j'ai remué la poignée de haut en bas;

∎ to work one's hands free parvenir à dégager ses mains;

∎ she worked the ropes loose elle a réussi à desserrer les cordes petit à petit

(c) (by slow progression)

∎ I worked my way along the ledge j'ai longé la saillie avec précaution;

∎ he worked his way down/up the cliff il a descendu/monté la falaise lentement;

∎ the beggar worked his way towards us le mendiant s'est approché de nous;

∎ they worked their way through the list ils ont traité chaque élément de la liste tour à tour;

∎ he's worked his way through the whole grant il a épuisé toute la subvention;

∎ a band of rain working its way across the country un front de pluie qui traverse le pays;

∎ they have worked themselves into a corner ils se sont mis dans une impasse

(d) familiar (contrive) s'arranger;

∎ she managed to work a few days off elle s'est arrangée ou s'est débrouillée pour avoir quelques jours de congé;

∎ I worked it or worked things so that she's never alone j'ai fait en sorte qu'elle ou je me suis arrangé pour qu'elle ne soit jamais seule

C.

(a) (shape → leather, metal, stone) travailler, façonner; (→ clay, dough) travailler, pétrir; (→ object, sculpture) façonner; Sewing (design, initials) broder;

∎ she worked the silver into earrings elle a travaillé l'argent pour en faire des boucles d'oreilles;

∎ she worked a figure out of the wood elle a sculpté une silhouette dans le bois;

∎ the flowers are worked in silk les fleurs sont brodées en soie;

∎ work the putty into the right consistency travaillez le mastic pour lui donner la consistance voulue

(b) (rub)

∎ gently work the cream into your hands massez-vous les mains pour faire pénétrer la crème;

∎ work the dye into the surface of the leather faites pénétrer la teinture dans le cuir

(c) (excite, provoke)

∎ the orator worked the audience into a frenzy l'orateur a enflammé ou a galvanisé le public;

∎ she worked herself into a rage elle s'est mise dans une colère noire

4 works

1 plural noun

(a) (mechanism) mécanisme m, rouages mpl; (of clock) mouvement m;

∎ familiar to foul up or to gum up the works tout foutre en l'air

(b) Building industry travaux mpl; (installation) installations fpl;

∎ road works travaux mpl; (sign) travaux;

∎ Minister/Ministry of Works ministre m/ministère m des Travaux publics

2 noun

(a) Industry (factory) usine f;

∎ a printing works une imprimerie;

∎ a gas works une usine à gaz;

∎ price ex works prix m sortie usine

(b) familiar (everything)

∎ the (whole) works tout le bataclan ou le tralala;

∎ they had eggs, bacon, toast, the works ils mangeaient des œufs, du bacon, du pain grillé, tout, quoi!;

∎ American to shoot the works jouer le grand jeu;

∎ American we shot the works on the project nous avons mis le paquet sur le projet;

∎ to give sb the works (special treatment) dérouler le tapis rouge pour qn; (beating) passer qn à tabac

5 at work

1 adjective

(a) (person)

∎ to be at work on sth/(on) doing sth travailler (à) qch/à faire qch;

∎ he's at work on a new book il travaille à un nouveau livre;

∎ they're hard at work painting the house ils sont en plein travail, ils repeignent la maison

(b) (having an effect)

∎ there are several factors at work here il y a plusieurs facteurs qui entrent en jeu ou qui jouent ici;

∎ there are evil forces at work des forces mauvaises sont en action

2 adverb

(at place of work)

∎ she's at work (gen) elle est au travail; (office) elle est au bureau; (factory) elle est à l'usine;

∎ I'll phone you at work je t'appellerai au travail;

∎ we met at work on s'est connus au travail

►► work area (in school, home) coin m de travail; Computing zone f de travail;

works band fanfare m (d'une entreprise);

work camp (prison) camp m de travail; (voluntary) chantier m de travail;

American work coat blouse f;

works committee, works council comité m d'entreprise;

work ethic = exaltation des valeurs liées au travail;

work experience stage m (en entreprise);

∎ the course includes two months' work experience le programme comprend un stage en entreprise de deux mois;

American work farm = camp de travail forcé où les détenus travaillent la terre;

Computing work file fichier m de travail;

work flow déroulement m des opérations;

work group groupe m de travail;

works manager directeur(trice) m,f d'usine;

work party (of soldiers) escouade f; (of prisoners) groupe m de travail;

work permit permis m de travail;

Computing work sheet feuille f de travail;

work space (at home) coin-travail m; (in office) & Computing espace m de travail;

∎ I need more work space j'ai besoin de plus d'espace pour travailler;

work surface surface f de travail;

American work week semaine f de travail

➲ work away intransitive verb

travailler;

∎ while he worked away at fixing the furnace tandis qu'il travaillait à réparer la chaudière;

∎ we worked away all evening nous avons passé la soirée à travailler

➲ work down intransitive verb

glisser;

∎ her socks had worked down around her ankles ses chaussettes étaient tombées sur ses chevilles

➲ work in separable transitive verb

(a) (incorporate) incorporer;

∎ work the ointment in thoroughly faites bien pénétrer la pommade;

∎ Cookery work the butter into the flour incorporez le beurre à la farine

(b) (insert) faire entrer ou introduire petit à petit;

∎ he worked in a few sly remarks about the boss il a réussi à glisser quelques réflexions sournoises sur le patron;

∎ I'll try and work the translation in some time this week (into schedule) j'essayerai de (trouver le temps de) faire la traduction dans le courant de la semaine

➲ work off separable transitive verb

(a) (dispose of → fat, weight) se débarrasser de, éliminer; (→ anxiety, frustration) passer, assouvir;

∎ I worked off my excess energy chopping wood j'ai dépensé mon trop-plein d'énergie en cassant du bois;

∎ he worked off his tensions by running il s'est défoulé en faisant du jogging;

∎ to work off one's anger on sb passer sa colère sur qn

(b) (debt, obligation)

∎ it took him three months to work off his debt il a dû travailler trois mois pour rembourser son emprunt

➲ work on

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (person) essayer de convaincre;

∎ we've been working on him but he still won't go nous avons essayé de le persuader mais il ne veut toujours pas y aller;

∎ I'll work on her je vais m'occuper d'elle

(b) (task, problem)

∎ the police are working on who stole the jewels la police s'efforce de retrouver celui qui a volé les bijoux;

∎ he's been working on his breaststroke/emotional problems il a travaillé sa brasse/essayé de résoudre ses problèmes sentimentaux;

∎ have you got any ideas? - I'm working on it as-tu des idées? - je cherche

(c) (use as basis)

∎ have you any data to work on? avez-vous des données sur lesquelles vous fonder?

2 intransitive verb

(continue to work) continuer à travailler

➲ work out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (discharge fully) acquitter en travaillant;

∎ to work out one's notice faire son préavis

(b) (calculate → cost, distance, sum) calculer; (→ answer, total) trouver;

∎ I work it out at £22 d'après mes calculs, ça fait 22 livres

(c) (solve → calculation, problem) résoudre; (→ puzzle) faire, résoudre; (→ code) déchiffrer;

∎ have they worked out their differences? est-ce qu'ils ont réglé ou résolu leurs différends?;

∎ I'm sure we can work this thing out (your problem) je suis sûr que nous pouvons arranger ça; (our argument) je suis sûr que nous finirons par nous mettre d'accord;

∎ things will work themselves out les choses s'arrangeront toutes seules ou d'elles-mêmes

(d) (formulate → idea, plan) élaborer, combiner; (→ agreement, details) mettre au point;

∎ to work out a solution trouver une solution;

∎ have you worked out yet when it's due to start? est-ce que tu sais quand ça doit commencer?;

∎ she had it all worked out elle avait tout planifié;

∎ we worked out an easier route nous avons trouvé un itinéraire plus facile

(e) (figure out) arriver à comprendre;

∎ I finally worked out why he was acting so strangely j'ai enfin découvert ou compris pourquoi il se comportait si bizarrement;

∎ the dog had worked out how to open the door le chien avait compris comment ouvrir la porte;

∎ I can't work her out je n'arrive pas à la comprendre;

∎ I can't work their relationship out leurs rapports me dépassent

(f) (mine, well) épuiser

2 intransitive verb

(a) (happen) se passer;

∎ it depends on how things work out ça dépend de la façon dont les choses se passent;

∎ the trip worked out as planned le voyage s'est déroulé comme prévu;

∎ I wonder how it will all work out je me demande comment tout cela va s'arranger;

∎ it all worked out for the best tout a fini par s'arranger pour le mieux;

∎ but it didn't work out that way mais il en a été tout autrement;

∎ it worked out badly for them les choses ont mal tourné pour eux

(b) (have a good result → job, plan) réussir; (→ problem, puzzle) se résoudre;

∎ she worked out fine as personnel director elle s'est bien débrouillée comme directeur du personnel;

∎ are things working out for you OK? est-ce que ça se passe bien pour toi?;

∎ did the new job work out? ça a marché pour le nouveau boulot?;

∎ it didn't work out between them les choses ont plutôt mal tourné entre eux;

∎ their project didn't work out leur projet est tombé à l'eau

(c) (amount to)

∎ how much does it all work out at? ça fait combien en tout?;

∎ the average price for an apartment works out to or at $5,000 per square metre le prix moyen d'un appartement s'élève ou revient à 5000 dollars le mètre carré;

∎ that works out at three hours a week ça fait trois heures par semaine;

∎ electric heating works out expensive le chauffage électrique revient cher

(d) (exercise) faire de l'exercice; (professional athlete) s'entraîner

➲ work over separable transitive verb

(a) American (revise) revoir, réviser

(b) familiar (beat up) tabasser, passer à tabac

➲ work round

1 intransitive verb

(a) (turn) tourner;

∎ the wind worked round to the north le vent a tourné au nord petit à petit

(b) figurative (in conversation)

∎ he finally worked round to the subject of housing il a fini par aborder le sujet du logement;

∎ what's she working round to? où veut-elle en venir?

2 separable transitive verb

∎ (bring round) I worked the conversation round to my salary j'ai amené la conversation sur la question de mon salaire

➲ work through

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (insert) faire passer à travers

(b) (progress through)

∎ we worked our way through the crowd nous nous sommes frayé un chemin à travers la foule;

∎ he worked his way through the book il a lu le livre du début à la fin;

∎ figurative I worked the problem through j'ai étudié le problème sous tous ses aspects

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (continue to work)

∎ she worked through lunch elle a travaillé pendant l'heure du déjeuner

(b) (resolve)

∎ he worked through his emotional problems il a réussi à assumer ses problèmes affectifs

➲ work up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (stir up, rouse) exciter, provoquer;

∎ he worked up the crowd il a excité la foule;

∎ he worked the crowd up into a frenzy il a rendu la foule frénétique;

∎ he works himself up or he gets himself worked up over nothing il s'énerve pour rien;

∎ she had worked herself up into a dreadful rage elle s'était mise dans une rage terrible

(b) (develop) développer;

∎ I want to work these ideas up into an article je veux développer ces idées pour en faire un article;

∎ to work up an appetite se mettre en appétit;

∎ we worked up a sweat/a thirst playing tennis jouer au tennis nous a donné chaud/soif;

∎ I can't work up any enthusiasm for this work je n'arrive pas à avoir le moindre enthousiasme pour ce travail;

∎ he tried to work up an interest in the cause il a essayé de s'intéresser à la cause

(c) (idiom)

∎ to work one's way up faire son chemin;

∎ she worked her way up from secretary to managing director elle a commencé comme secrétaire et elle a fait son chemin jusqu'au poste de P-DG;

∎ I worked my way up from nothing je suis parti de rien

2 intransitive verb

(a) (clothing) remonter

(b) (build up)

∎ the film was working up to a climax le film approchait de son point culminant;

∎ things were working up to a crisis une crise se préparait, on était au bord d'une crise;

∎ she's working up to what she wanted to ask elle en vient à ce qu'elle voulait demander;

∎ what are you working up to? où veux-tu en venir?

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4 ♦ work

♦ work /wɜ:k/
n.

1 [u] lavoro ( anche econ.); opera ( anche letteraria, ecc.); attività: DIALOGO → - Signing on with an agency- What sort of work are you looking for?, che genere di lavoro sta cercando?; Can you do this work alone?, puoi fare questo lavoro da solo?; a day's work, il lavoro d'una giornata; DIALOGO → - Computer problems- I've lost all this morning's work, ho perso tutto il lavoro di stamattina; to find (o to get) work, trovar lavoro; trovare da lavorare; A teacher does his work mainly at school, l'insegnante svolge la sua attività soprattutto a scuola; to go to work, andare al lavoro: I go to work by bus, vado al lavoro in autobus; My father is at work now, mio padre è al lavoro; ( USA) to be in work, essere in lavorazione; DIALOGO → - Dental fees- Are you in work?, ha un impiego?; to be looking for work, essere in cerca di lavoro; to be out of work, essere disoccupato; to finish work at 2 p.m., smettere di lavorare alle 14; to start work, cominciare a lavorare; to leave work early, uscire prima dal lavoro; to return to work, riprendere il lavoro; a piece of work, un lavoro; un oggetto lavorato: What a wonderful piece of work!, che magnifico lavoro!; to go (o to set) about one's work, mettersi a lavorare; intraprendere il proprio lavoro; to set sb. to work, mettere q. al lavoro; far lavorare q.; dirty work, lavoro pesante; ( anche) attività illegale; hard work, duro lavoro; seasonal work, lavoro stagionale

2 ( arte, letter., mus., ecc.) opera ( anche in senso morale): a fine work of art, una bella opera d'arte; Shakespeare's complete (o collected) works, le opere complete di Shakespeare; works of mercy, opere di bene; atti di carità

3 (pl.) (di solito col verbo al sing.) fabbrica; officina; opificio; stabilimento: The biggest works is outside the town, lo stabilimento più grande è fuori della città; a gas works, un'officina del gas

4 (pl.) meccanismo; ingranaggio; congegno; movimento: The works need to be repaired, bisogna riparare il congegno; the works of a clock ( of a watch), il movimento di un orologio

5 (pl.) opere, lavori (d'ingegneria); (mil.) fortificazioni: public works, opere di pubblica utilità; lavori pubblici; defensive works, opere di difesa; DIALOGO → - Being late- There are road works on the M1 and it's reduced to one lane, ci sono dei lavori sulla M1 e la strada è ridotta a una corsia

6 [u] (fis.) lavoro: to convert energy into work, convertire energia in lavoro

7 (mecc., ind., = workpiece) pezzo (da lavorare): to true up the work, centrare il pezzo

8 (pl.) (fam.; = the full works, the whole work) tutto quanto; armi e bagagli; ogni cosa; ( di cibo) un po' di tutto; il menu completo

9 (pl.) ( slang) tutto l'armamentario (o l'attrezzatura) che serve per drogarsi

● work area, zona lavoro □ (econ.) work by the day, lavoro a giornata; lavoro in economia □ (org. az.) works committee, commissione mista □ (ind.) work cycle, ciclo di lavorazione □ (econ.) work experience, esperienza di lavoro; esperienza professionale □ ( anche comput.) work group, gruppo di lavoro □ work-horse ► workhorse □ (org. az.) work hour, ora lavorativa □ work in hand (o in progress), lavoro in corso □ (sociol.) work-life balance, equilibrio tra lavoro e vita privata; equilibrio vita-lavoro □ (org. az.) work order, ordine (o buono) di lavorazione; commessa □ (leg.) work permit, permesso di lavoro □ work rate, quantità di lavoro; ( sport) mole di gioco svolto □ (econ.) work relief, sostegno all'occupazione □ work sheet, ► worksheet □ (cronot.) work standard, norma □ work station ► workstation □ (econ.) work stoppage, interruzione del lavoro □ (ind.) work study, studio dell'organizzazione del lavoro □ ( USA) work-study scholarship, borsa di studio con lavoro part-time □ work ticket = work order ► sopra □ all in the day's work, tutto regolare; roba d'ordinaria amministrazione □ at work, al lavoro, sul lavoro: safety at work, la sicurezza sul lavoro □ to be at the works, essere in fabbrica; essere in officina □ to be at work upon st., lavorare a qc.; essere occupato a fare qc. □ to have a hand in the work, avere le mani in pasta □ (fam.) to have one's work cut out, avere a mano un lavoro difficile; avere un bel da fare □ Keep up the good work!, bravo! continua così! □ to make short (o quick) work of, sbrigarsi a; sbarazzarsi di, far piazza pulita di: You have made short work of cleaning up the garden, ti sei sbrigato a pulire il giardino; I have made short work of him, mi sono sbarazzato di lui □ to set (o to get) to work, mettersi al lavoro; mettersi all'opera □ sexual discrimination at work, discriminazione sul lavoro in base al sesso; diversità di trattamento fra lavoratori e lavoratrici □ I have done a good day's work, ho fatto un bel po' di lavoro, oggi □ My work is in civil engineering (o as a civil engineer), faccio (di professione) l'ingegnere (civile) □ (prov.) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, il troppo lavoro rende noiosi.
NOTA D'USO: - work o job?- ♦ (to) work /wɜ:k/
(pass. e p. p. worked, talora wrought)

A v. i.

1 lavorare; operare; fare un lavoro: I've been working all day, è tutto il giorno che lavoro; He isn't working at present, non sta lavorando ora; ( anche) al momento è senza lavoro (o è disoccupato); to work hard, lavorar sodo; to work alongside sb., lavorare a fianco di q.; The new cook works well, il nuovo cuoco fa bene il suo lavoro; He was given the Nobel Prize because he had worked so hard for peace, ha ricevuto il premio Nobel per aver tanto operato per la pace; DIALOGO → - Asking about routine 1- Where do you work?, dove lavori?

2 funzionare ( anche fig.); fare effetto; essere efficace; andare: to work on electricity, funzionare (o andare) con la corrente (elettrica); DIALOGO → - Power cut- The fridge has stopped working, il frigo ha smesso di funzionare; I don't think your idea will work, non credo che la tua idea funzionerà; The remedy didn't work, il rimedio non ha funzionato; The plan worked very well, il piano ha avuto un buon esito

3 penetrare (con difficoltà): The worm worked ( its way) into the wood, il tarlo è penetrato nel legno

4 lavorarsi, manipolarsi ( bene, male, ecc.): This clay works easily, quest'argilla si manipola bene

5 (fig.) maturare; fermentare: Let the idea work in your mind, lascia che l'idea ti fermenti in testa

6 contrarsi; distorcersi: Mr Hyde's features began to work in an awful manner, i lineamenti di Mr Hyde cominciarono a distorcersi in modo orrendo

7 (naut.) manovrare a fatica

8 (mecc., naut.) allentarsi; allascarsi; avere gioco

9 (tecn.: del malto, ecc.) fermentare

10 (naut.: di una nave) faticare; travagliare

11 (naut.) bordeggiare; navigare controvento

B v. t.

1 lavorare; foggiare; plasmare; manipolare: to work the soil, lavorare la terra; ( cucina) to work butter [dough] well, lavorar bene il burro [la pasta]; to work clay, manipolare l'argilla; to work iron, foggiare il ferro

2 far lavorare: He works his players hard [non stop], fa lavorare sodo [senza tregua] i suoi giocatori

3 far funzionare; azionare; manovrare; condurre: to work a machine, far funzionare una macchina; to be worked by electricity, essere azionato dall'elettricità; andare con la corrente (elettrica); to work an engine, manovrare una locomotiva; He worked the train from London to Liverpool, condusse il treno (fece da macchinista sul treno) da Londra a Liverpool

4 (tecn.) comandare: This gadget works the whole burglar-alarm, questo aggeggio comanda l'intero antifurto

5 operare; causare; produrre; provocare; compiere; esercitare; fare: Automation has worked ( o wrought) many changes in the car industry, l'automazione ha operato molti cambiamenti nell'industria automobilistica; The storm worked great ruin, la tempesta ha causato gravi danni; to work mischief, provocare (o fare) danni

6 (org. az.) dirigere; essere a capo di

7 (tecn.) dare per fermentazione: Yeast works beer, il lievito per fermentazione dà la birra

8 (econ.) sfruttare, coltivare ( una miniera): to work a coal mine, sfruttare una miniera di carbone

9 operare, ricamare; fare ( cucendo o ricamando): to work one's initials on the linen, ricamare le proprie iniziali sulla biancheria

10 esercitare un influsso su (q.); convincere; indurre; persuadere: You should work him to your way of thinking, dovresti indurlo a condividere il tuo modo di vedere

11 (fam.) sistemare; arrangiare (fam.); fare in modo: I'll work it so that you can come as well, farò in modo che anche tu possa venire; How did she work it?, come c'è riuscita?

12 ( USA) fare ( un'operazione aritmetica); risolvere ( un problema); trovare, calcolare ( un risultato)

13 ( sport: calcio, ecc.) lavorare, manovrare ( il pallone)

14 (naut.) manovrare ( una barca)

15 (fam.) lavorarsi, manipolare, sfruttare (q.)

● (comput.) to work at a distance, lavorare a distanza □ ( di un oratore, ecc.) to work the audience into enthusiasm, sollevare l'entusiasmo del pubblico □ ( di un principio, ecc.) to work both ways, valere nei due sensi (o per tutti e due) □ to work closely with sb., lavorare in stretta collaborazione con q. □ (comm.: di un commesso viaggiatore) to work a district, lavorare in una zona, fare una zona □ to work double tides, fare in un giorno il lavoro di due □ ( sport) to work the edges, agire sugli spigoli ( degli sci); spigolare □ to work free, (riuscire a) liberare, sciogliere: to work one's hands free, liberarsi le mani □ (econ.) to work full-time, lavorare a tempo pieno □ to work like a beaver, lavorare come un mulo; lavorare per dieci □ to work like a dog, lavorare come un mulo □ (mecc.) to work loose, allentare; allentarsi: The nut of the bolt has worked loose, s'è allentato il dado del bullone □ to work nights, fare il turno di notte □ to work overtime, fare lavoro straordinario; fare lo straordinario □ to work part-time, lavorare a tempo parziale (o ridotto) □ to work one's passage ( on a ship), pagarsi la traversata (su una nave) lavorando a bordo □ (leg.) to work a patent, sfruttare un brevetto □ to work in shifts, lavorare a turni □ to work a typewriter, scrivere a macchina; fare il dattilografo □ to work one's way through the crowd, farsi largo a fatica tra la folla □ to work wonders, fare miracoli □ (autom.) «Men working» ( cartello), «lavori in corso» □ It worked like a charm, la cosa andò (o tutto filò) a meraviglia; funzionò come d'incanto.
NOTA D'USO: - to work for o to work at?-

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5 where

where

❢ Where is generally translated by où: where are the plates? = où sont les assiettes? ; do you know where he's going? = est-ce que tu sais où il va? ; I don't know where the knives are = je ne sais pas où sont les couteaux.

Note that in questions où on its own requires inversion of the verb: where are you going? = où allez-vous? but où followed by est-ce que needs no inversion: où est-ce que vous allez?

A pron

1 ( with prepositions) où ; from where? d'où? ; near where? près d'où? ; to go up to where sb is standing s'approcher de qn ; to go past where sb is standing passer devant qn ; not from where I'm standing lit pas de là où je suis ; fig ce n'est pas mon avis ;

2 ( the place or point where) là que ; this is where it happened c'est là que c'est arrivé ; this is where we're at c'est là que nous en sommes ; that is where he's mistaken c'est là qu'il se trompe ; so that's where I put them c'était là que je les avais mis ; here's where we learn the truth voilà enfin la vérité ; France is where you'll find good wine c'est en France que vous trouverez du bon vin.

B adv

1 ( as interrogative) où (est-ce que) ; where is my coat/do you work? où est mon manteau/est-ce que tu travailles? ; where would I be if…? où est-ce que je serais si…? ; where does Martin figure in all this? qu'est-ce que Martin vient faire dans tout ça? ; where's the harm? quel mal y a-t-il à ça? ; where's the problem? je ne vois pas le problème ; where have you got to in your book? où est-ce que vous en êtes dans votre lecture? ;

2 ( as indirect interrogative) où ; ask him/I wonder where he's going demande-lui/je me demande où il va ; I told him where he could put them lit je lui ai dit où les mettre ; ◑ fig je lui ai dit qu'il pouvait se les mettre où je pense ◑ ; to know where one is going savoir où on va ; fig savoir ce qu'on veut ; you don't know where it's been! tu ne sais pas où ça a traîné! ; I forget exactly where it is j'ai oublié où c'est exactement ;

3 ( as relative) où ; the village where we live le village où nous habitons ; at the spot where he died à l'endroit où il est mort ; up there where there's a branch là-haut à l'endroit où il y a une branche ; near where she lived près de l'endroit où or près de là où elle habitait ; to lead to a situation where aboutir à une situation où ; to reach the stage where arriver au stade où ; in several cases where dans plusieurs cas où ;

4 (here where, there where) stay/go where it's dry reste/mets-toi à l'abri ; it's cold where we live il fait froid là où nous habitons ; it's where the Indre meets the Loire c'est au confluent de l'Indre et de la Loire ; it's not where you said ( not there) ça n'y est pas ; ( found elsewhere) ce n'est pas là où tu crois ;

5 ( wherever) où ; put them/go where you want mets-les/va où tu veux ;

6 ( whenever) quand ; where necessary si nécessaire ; she's stupid where he's concerned elle se conduit toujours de façon stupide quand il s'agit de lui ; where children are at risk quand les enfants sont menacés de violence ; where there's a scandal there's a reporter dès qu'il y a un scandale il y a des journalistes ; where possible dans la mesure du possible.

C conj = whereas.

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work

A n

1 ( physical or mental activity) travail m (on sur) ; to be at work on sth être en train de travailler à qch ; to watch sb at work regarder qn (en train de) travailler ; to go to ou set to ou get to work se mettre au travail ; to go to ou set to ou get to work on sth se mettre à travailler à or faire qch ; to set to work doing se mettre à faire ; to put a lot of work into travailler [essay, speech] ; passer beaucoup de temps sur [meal, preparations] ; to put a lot of work into doing passer beaucoup de temps à faire ; to put ou set sb to work faire travailler qn ; we put him to work doing nous lui avons donné pour tâche de faire ; it was hard work doing ça a été dur de faire ; to be hard at work travailler consciencieusement ; your essay needs more work tu dois travailler davantage ta rédaction ; there's still a lot of work to be done il reste encore beaucoup à faire ; I've got work to do j'ai du travail à faire ; to make short ou light work of sth expédier qch ; to make short work of sb envoyer promener qn ; it's all in a day's work c'est une question d'habitude ; ‘good ou nice work’ ( on written work) ‘bon travail’ ; ( orally) ‘c'est bien!’ ; it's hot/thirsty work ça donne chaud/soif ;

2 ( occupation) travail m ; to be in work avoir du travail or un emploi ; to look for work chercher du travail ; day/night work travail de jour/nuit ; place of work lieu m de travail ; to start ou begin work ( daily) commencer le travail ; ( for the first time) commencer à travailler ; to stop work ( at the end of the day) terminer son travail ; ( on retirement) cesser de travailler ; to be off work ( on vacation) être en congé ; to be off work with flu être en arrêt de travail parce qu'on a la grippe ; to be out of work être au chômage ; nice work if you can get it ○ ! c'est une bonne planque ○ ! ;

3 ( place of employment) ( office) bureau m ; ( factory) usine f ; to go to work aller au travail ; don't phone me at work ne me téléphone pas à mon travail ; there's a canteen at work il y a une cantine à mon travail ;

4 (building, construction) travaux mpl (on sur) ;

5 ( papers) to take one's work home lit emporter du travail chez soi ; fig ramener ses soucis professionnels à sa famille ; spread your work out on the table étale tes papiers sur la table ;

6 (achievement, product) (essay, report) travail m ; (artwork, novel, sculpture) œuvre f (by de) ; ( study) ouvrage m (by de ; on sur) ; an exhibition of work by young artists une exposition d'œuvres de jeunes artistes ; he sells his work to tourists il vend ses créations aux touristes ; is this all your own work? est-ce que vous l'avez fait tout seul? ; to mark students' work noter les devoirs des étudiants ; his work isn't up to standard son travail n'a pas le niveau requis ; the research was the work of a team la recherche était l'œuvre d'une équipe ; a work of genius une œuvre de génie ; a work of fiction une œuvre de fiction ; a work of reference un ouvrage de référence ; this attack is the work of professionals l'attaque est l'œuvre de professionnels ; I hope you're pleased with your work! iron j'espère que tu es fier de ton œuvre! iron ; the works of Shakespeare/Flaubert l'œuvre m de Shakespeare/Flaubert ;

7 Phys travail m ;

8 ( research) recherches fpl (on sur) ; there is still a lot of work to be done on the virus il y a encore beaucoup de recherches à faire sur le virus ;

9 ( effect) to go to work [drug, detergent] agir ; the weedkiller has done its work l'herbicide a été efficace.

B works npl

1 ( factory) usine f ; works canteen cantine f de l'usine ;

2 ( building work) travaux mpl ; public works travaux publics ;

3 ○ ( everything) the (full ou whole) works toute la panoplie ○.

C modif [clothes, shoes] de travail ; [phone number] au travail.

D vtr

1 ( drive) to work sb hard surmener qn ;

2 ( labour) to work shifts travailler en équipes (de travail posté) ; to work days/nights travailler de jour/de nuit ; to work one's passage Naut travailler pour payer son voyage ; to work one's way through university travailler pour payer ses études ; to work one's way through a book/document lire un livre/document ; to work a 40 hour week faire la semaine de 40 heures ;

3 ( operate) se servir de [computer, equipment, lathe] ;

4 ( exploit commercially) exploiter [oil-field, land, mine, seam] ;

5 ( have as one's territory) [representative] couvrir [region] ; beggars/prostitutes work the streets around the station les mendiants/prostituées occupent les rues autour de la gare ;

6 ( consume) to work one's way through ( use) utiliser [amount, quantity] ; to work one's way through two whole cakes manger deux gâteaux entiers ;

7 ( bring about) to work wonders/miracles lit, fig faire des merveilles/miracles ; the landscape started to work its magic on me la magie du paysage a commencé à faire effet ;

8 ( use to one's advantage) to work the system profiter du système ; can you work it for me to get tickets? peux-tu t'arranger pour m'avoir des billets? ; how did you manage to work it? comment as-tu pu arranger ça? ; I've worked things so that… j'ai arrangé les choses de sorte que… (+ subj) ;

9 ( fashion) travailler [clay, dough, gold, iron] ; to work sth to a soft consistency travailler qch pour le rendre malléable ; to work gold into jewellery travailler l'or pour en faire des bijoux ;

10 ( embroider) broder [design] (into sur) ; to be worked in blue silk être brodé à la soie bleue ;

11 ( manoeuvre) to work sth into introduire qch dans [slot, hole] ; to work a lever up and down actionner un levier ;

12 ( exercise) faire travailler [muscles, biceps] ;

13 ( move) to work one's way through se frayer un passage à travers [crowd] ; to work one's way along avancer le long de [ledge, sill] ; to work one's hands free se libérer les mains ; to work the rope loose desserrer la corde ; it worked its way loose, it worked itself loose il s'est desserré peu à peu ; to work its way into passer dans [bloodstream, system, food, chain] ; start at the top and work your way down commencez par le haut et continuez jusqu'en bas.

E vi

1 ( engage in activity) travailler (doing à faire) ; to work at the hospital/the factory travailler à l'hôpital/l'usine ; to work at home travailler à domicile ; to work as a midwife/teacher travailler comme sage-femme/professeur ; to work for sb travailler pour qn ; to work for Grant and Company travailler pour la Société Grant ; to work in advertising/publishing travailler dans la publicité/l'édition ; to work with young people travailler avec les jeunes ; to work for a living gagner sa vie ; to work in oils/watercolours [artist] travailler à l'huile/l'aquarelle ;

2 ( strive) lutter (against contre ; for pour ; to do pour faire) ; to work against corruption lutter contre la corruption ; to work towards se diriger vers [solution] ; s'acheminer vers [compromise] ; négocier [agreement] ;

3 ( function) [equipment, machine] fonctionner, marcher ; [institution, system, heart, brain] fonctionner ; to work on electricity/on gas marcher or fonctionner à l'électricité/au gaz ; to work off the mains marcher sur le secteur ; the washing machine isn't working la machine à laver est en panne or ne marche pas ;

4 (act, operate) it doesn't ou things don't work like that ça ne marche pas comme ça ; to work on the assumption that présumer que ; to work in sb's favour, to work to sb's advantage tourner à l'avantage de qn ; to work against sb, to work to sb's disadvantage jouer en la défaveur de qn ;

5 ( be successful) [treatment] avoir de l'effet ; [detergent, drug] agir (against contre ; on sur) ; [spell] agir ; [plan, plot] réussir ; [argument, hypothesis] tenir debout ; flattery won't work with me la flatterie ne marche pas avec moi ; the adaptation really works l'adaptation est vraiment réussie ; I didn't think the novel would work as a film je ne pensais pas qu'on pouvait tirer un bon film de ce roman ;

6 ( move) [face, features] se contracter.

F v refl

1 ( labour) to work oneself too hard se surmener ; to work oneself to death se tuer à la tâche ;

2 ( rouse) to work oneself into a rage se mettre en colère ; to work oneself into a frenzy ( with anger) se mettre en rage ; ( with hysteria) devenir hystérique.

Idioms

to work one's way up gravir tous les échelons ; to work one's way up the company faire son chemin dans l'entreprise.

Phrasal verbs

■ work around:

▶ work around to [sth] aborder [subject] ; it took him ages to work around to what he wanted to say il lui a fallu un temps fou pour exprimer ce qu'il avait à dire ; to work the conversation around to sth faire tourner la conversation autour de qch ; to work around to telling sb sth parvenir à dire qch à qn.

■ work in:

▶ work in [sth], work [sth] in

1 ( incorporate) glisser [joke, reference] ; mentionner [fact, name] ;

2 Culin incorporer [ingredient].

■ work off:

▶ work [sth] off, work off [sth]

1 ( remove) retirer [lid] ; to work a ring off one's finger ôter une bague avec difficulté ;

2 ( repay) travailler pour rembourser [loan, debt] ;

3 ( get rid of) se débarrasser de [excess weight] ; dépenser [excess energy] ; passer [anger, frustration].

■ work on:

▶ work on continuer à travailler ;

▶ work on [sb] travailler ○ ;

▶ work on [sth] travailler à [book, report] ; travailler sur [project] ; s'occuper de [case, problem] ; chercher [cure, solution] ; examiner [idea, theory] ; I'm working on a way of doing je cherche une façon de faire ; ‘have you found a solution?’-‘I'm working on it’ ‘as-tu trouvé une solution?’-‘j'y réfléchis’ ; he's working on his French il travaille son français ; we've got no clues to work on nous n'avons aucun indice.

■ work out:

▶ work out

1 ( exercise) s'entraîner ;

2 ( go according to plan) [plan, marriage] marcher ; I hope things work out for them j'espère que ça marchera pour eux ;

3 ( add up) to work out at GB ou to US [total, share] s'élever à [amount, proportion] ;

▶ work out [sth], work [sth] out

1 ( calculate) calculer [answer, average, total] ;

2 ( solve) trouver [answer, reason, culprit] ; résoudre [riddle, problem] ; comprendre [clue] ; to work out why/when/where comprendre pourquoi/quand/où ; to work out what sth means comprendre qch ;

3 ( devise) concevoir [plan, scheme] ; trouver [route] ;

4 Admin to work out one's notice faire son mois de préavis ;

5 ( exhaust) épuiser [mine, soil] ;

▶ work [sb] out comprendre ; I can't work her out je ne la comprendrai jamais.

■ work over ○:

▶ work [sb] over passer [qn] à tabac ○.

■ work to:

▶ work to [sth] s'astreindre à [budget] ; to work to deadlines travailler avec des objectifs ; to work to tight deadlines avoir des délais très serrés.

■ work up:

▶ work up [sth] développer [interest] ; accroître [support] ; to work up the courage to do trouver le courage de faire ; to work up some enthusiasm for s'enthousiasmer pour ; to work up an appetite s'ouvrir l'appétit ;

▶ work up to [sth] se préparer à [announcement, confession, confrontation] ; the music is working up to a climax la musique va crescendo pour finir en apothéose ;

▶ work up [sb], work [sb] up

1 ( excite) exciter [child, crowd] ; to work sb up into a frenzy rendre qn énervé ; to work sb up into a rage mettre qn en colère ;

2 ( annoy) énerver ; to get worked up s'énerver ; to work oneself up s'énerver ; to work oneself up into a state se mettre dans tous ses états ; to get oneself all worked up over ou about se mettre dans tous ses états au sujet de.

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7 this

this [ðɪs]

1. demonstrative adjective

(plural these)

   a. ce ; (masculine before vowel and silent "h") cet, cette f ces pl

• who is this man? qui est cet homme ?

• whose are these books? à qui sont ces livres ?

• these photos you asked for les photos que vous avez réclamées

• this week cette semaine

• this photographer came up to me in the street (inf) il y a un photographe qui est venu vers moi dans la rue

   b. (stressed, or as opposed to "that", "those") (singular) ce...-ci, cette...-ci ; (plural) ces...-ci

• I mean THIS book c'est de ce livre-ci que je parle

• I like this photo better than that one je préfère cette photo-ci à celle-là

2. demonstrative pronoun

(plural these)

   a. ceci, ce

• what is this? qu'est-ce que c'est (que ceci) ?

• whose is this? à qui appartient ceci ?

• who's this? qui est-ce ? ; (on phone) qui est à l'appareil ?

• we were talking of this and that nous bavardions de choses et d'autres

• at this she burst into tears à ces mots elle éclata en sanglots

► this is

• this is it (gen) c'est cela ; (agreeing) exactement ; (before action) cette fois, ça y est

• this is my son (in introduction) je vous présente mon fils ; (in photo) c'est mon fils

• this is the boy I told you about c'est or voici le garçon dont je t'ai parlé

• this is Emma Brady (on phone) Emma Brady à l'appareil

• this is Tuesday nous sommes mardi

• this is what he showed me voici ce qu'il m'a montré

• this is where we live c'est ici que nous habitons

   b. (this one) celui-ci m, celle-ci f ceux-ci mpl, celles-ci fpl

• how much is this? combien coûte celui-ci (or celle-ci) ?

• these over here ceux-ci (or celles-ci)

• not these! pas ceux-ci (or celles-ci) !

3. adverb

• it was this long c'était long comme ça

* * *
[ðɪs] 1.
determiner (pl these) ce/cet/cette/ces

this paper is too thin — ce papier est trop mince

this man is dangerous — cet homme est dangereux

this lamp doesn't work — cette lampe ne marche pas

do it this way not that way — fais-le comme ça et pas comme ça

this woman came up to me — (colloq) une femme est venue vers moi (colloq)
2.
pronoun

what's this? — qu'est-ce que c'est?

who's this? — gen qui est-ce?; ( on telephone) qui est à l'appareil?

whose is this? — à qui appartient ceci?

this is the dining room — voici la salle à manger

where's this? — ( on photo) c'est où?

this is my sister Pauline — ( introduction) voici ma sœur Pauline; ( on photo) c'est ma sœur, Pauline

this is not the right one — ce n'est pas le bon

what did you mean by this? — qu'est-ce que tu voulais dire par là?

who did this? — qui a fait ça?

what's all this about? — qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire?

this is what happens when — voilà ce qui se passe quand
3.
adverb

it's this big — c'est grand comme ça

having got this far it would be a pity to stop now — lit, fig maintenant qu'on est arrivé jusque-là ce serait dommage de s'arrêter

I can't eat this much — je ne peux pas manger tout ça

I didn't realize it was this serious — je ne m'étais pas rendu compte que c'était sérieux à ce point-là

••

we sat around talking about this and that — nous avons parlé de tout et de rien

to run this way and that — courir dans tous les sens

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this [ðɪs]

ceci ⇒ 1 (a) ce ⇒ 1 (a), 2 (a) celui-ci ⇒ 1 (b) ce…-ci ⇒ 2 (b) aussi ⇒ 3 si ⇒ 3

(pl these [ði:z])

1 demonstrative pronoun

(a) (person, situation, statement, thing indicated → subject) ceci, ce; (→ object) ce;

∎ what's this? qu'est-ce que c'est (que ça)?;

∎ who's this? (gen) qui est-ce?; (on phone) qui est à l'appareil?;

∎ this is for you tiens, c'est pour toi;

∎ this is Mr Smith speaking (on phone) M. Smith à l'appareil, c'est M. Smith;

∎ this is my mother (in introduction) je vous présente ma mère; (in picture) c'est ma mère;

∎ these are my children voici mes enfants;

∎ these are things we cannot do without ce sont des choses dont on ne peut se passer;

∎ this is the place I was talking about c'est ou voici l'endroit dont je parlais;

∎ this is terrible c'est affreux;

∎ this is what he told me voici ce qu'il m'a dit;

∎ this is where I live c'est ici que j'habite;

∎ listen to this écoutez bien ceci;

∎ eat/drink some of this mangez-/buvez-en un peu;

∎ what's this I hear about your leaving? on me dit que vous partez?;

∎ what's all this? (these objects) qu'est-ce que c'est que tout ça?; (what's happening?) qu'est-ce qu'il y a?, qu'est-ce qui se passe?;

∎ it was like this voici comment les choses se sont passées;

∎ do it like this voici comment il faut faire;

∎ I didn't want it to end like this je ne voulais pas que ça finisse ou se termine comme ça;

∎ that it should come to this qu'on en arrive là;

∎ and there's no way she could live with you? - well, this is it et elle ne pourrait pas vivre avec toi? - non, justement;

∎ this is it, wish me luck voilà, souhaite-moi bonne chance;

∎ this is it, the moment we've all been waiting for! nous y voilà, c'est le moment que nous attendons tous!;

∎ l'll tell you this… je vais te dire une chose…;

∎ after/before this après/avant ça;

∎ at or with this, he left the room là-dessus ou sur ce, il a quitté la pièce;

∎ what did you talk about? - oh, this and that de quoi avez-vous parlé? - oh, de choses et d'autres;

∎ they sat chatting about this, that and the other ils étaient là, assis, à bavarder de choses et d'autres;

∎ it's always John this and John that c'est John par-ci, John par-là

(b) (contrasted with "that") celui-ci (celle-ci) m,f;

∎ these ceux-ci (celles-ci) mpl, fpl;

∎ this is a rose, that is a peony ceci est une rose, ça c'est une pivoine;

∎ I want these, not those! je veux ceux-ci, pas ceux-là!;

∎ is this more expensive than that? celui-ci est-il plus cher que celui-là?

2 demonstrative adjective

(a) (referring to a particular person, idea, time or thing) ce (cette);

∎ these ces;

∎ this man cet homme;

∎ these ideas ces idées;

∎ this plan of yours won't work votre projet ne marchera pas;

∎ this book you wanted le livre que vous vouliez;

∎ he's lived in this country for years ça fait des années qu'il vit dans ce pays;

∎ this way please par ici, s'il vous plaît;

∎ this funny little man came up to me un petit bonhomme à l'air bizarre est venu vers moi;

∎ there were these two Germans… il y avait ces deux Allemands…;

∎ who's this friend of yours? c'est qui, cet ami?;

∎ familiar this here bicycle ce vélo-ci^□ ;

∎ this morning ce matin;

∎ by this time tomorrow he'll be gone demain à cette heure-ci, il sera parti;

∎ this time last week la semaine dernière à la même heure;

∎ this time next year l'année prochaine à la même époque;

∎ this coming week la semaine prochaine ou qui vient;

∎ saving money isn't easy these days faire des économies n'est pas facile aujourd'hui ou de nos jours;

∎ he's worked hard these last two months il a beaucoup travaillé ces deux derniers mois;

∎ I've been watching you this past hour ça fait une heure ou voici une heure que je vous regarde;

∎ what are you doing this Christmas? qu'est-ce que vous faites pour Noël cette année?;

∎ familiar I've known him these three years je le connais depuis trois ans^□

(b) (contrasted with "that") ce …-ci (cette …-ci);

∎ these ces …-ci;

∎ this table over here cette table-ci;

∎ which do you prefer, this one or that one? lequel tu préfères, celui-ci ou celui-là?;

∎ this dress is cheaper than that one cette robe-ci est moins chère que celle-là ou que l'autre;

∎ people ran this way and that les gens couraient dans tous les sens

3 adverb

aussi, si;

∎ it was this high c'était haut comme ça;

∎ we've come this far, we might as well go on (on journey) nous sommes venus jusqu'ici, alors autant continuer; (on project) maintenant que nous en sommes là, autant continuer

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9 this

this ⇒ Usage note: this (pl these)

A det this paper is too thin ce papier est trop mince ; this man is dangerous cet homme est dangereux ; this lamp doesn't work cette lampe ne marche pas ; all these books belong to Josephine tous ces livres appartiennent à Josephine ; do it this way not that way fais-le comme ça et pas comme ça ; this woman came up to me ○ une femme est venue vers moi ○.

B pron what's this? qu'est-ce que c'est? ; who's this? gen qui est-ce?, c'est qui? ; ( on telephone) qui est à l'appareil? ; whose is this? à qui appartient ceci?, ceci est à qui? ; this is the dining room voici la salle à manger ; where's this? ( on photo) c'est où? ; after this we'll have lunch après ceci nous allons déjeuner ; perhaps he'll be more careful after this peut-être qu'il fera plus attention maintenant ; before this he'd never been out of France avant cela il n'était jamais sorti de France ; you should have told me before this tu aurais dû me le dire avant ; this is my sister Pauline ( introduction) voici ma sœur Pauline ; ( on photo) c'est ma sœur, Pauline ; this is the book I was talking about c'est or voici le livre dont je parlais ; this is not the right one ce n'est pas le bon ; what did you mean by this? qu'est-ce que tu voulais dire par là? ; this was not what she had intended ce n'était pas ce qu'elle avait prévu ; who did this? qui a fait ça? ; we'll need more than this il nous en faudra plus (que ça) ; it happened like this ça s'est passé comme ça ; what's all this about? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire? ; what's all this about Frank resigning? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire, il paraît que Frank démissionne ; at this he got up and left en entendant cela il s'est levé et il est parti ; hold it like this tiens-le comme ça ; I never thought it would come to this je ne pensais pas qu'on en arriverait là ; this is what happens when you press the red button voilà ce qui se passe quand on appuie sur le bouton rouge ; this is what happens when you disobey your parents! voilà ce qui arrive quand on désobéit à ses parents!

C adv it's this big c'est grand comme ça ; when she was only this high quand elle était haute comme ça ; having got this far it would be a pity to stop now lit, fig maintenant qu'on est arrivé jusque-là ce serait dommage de s'arrêter ; I can't eat this much je ne peux pas manger tout ça ; I didn't realize it was this serious/difficult je ne m'étais pas rendu compte que c'était sérieux/difficile à ce point-là ; ⇒ much.

Idioms

we talked about this, that and the other on a parlé de choses et d'autres ; we sat around talking about this and that nous avons parlé de tout et de rien ; ‘what have you been up to?’-‘oh, this and that’ ‘qu'est-ce que tu as fait?’-‘pas grand-chose’ ; to run this way and that courir dans tous les sens.

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10 work

1. noun
1) no pl., no indef. art. Arbeit, die

at work — (engaged in working) bei der Arbeit; (fig.): (operating) am Werk (see also academic.ru/23063/e">e)

be at work on something — an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten; (fig.) auf etwas (Akk.) wirken

set to work — [Person:] sich an die Arbeit machen

set somebody to work — jemanden an die Arbeit schicken

all work and no play — immer nur arbeiten

have one's work cut out — viel zu tun haben; sich ranhalten müssen (ugs.)

2) (thing made or achieved) Werk, das

a good day's work — eine gute Tagesleistung

do a good day's work — ein tüchtiges Stück Arbeit hinter sich bringen

is that all your own work? — hast du das alles selbst gemacht?

work of art — Kunstwerk, das

3) (book, piece of music) Werk, das

a work of reference/literature/art — ein Nachschlagewerk/literarisches Werk/Kunstwerk

4) in pl. (of author or composer) Werke

5) (employment) Arbeit, die

out of work — arbeitslos; ohne Arbeit

be in work — eine Stelle haben

go out to work — arbeiten gehen

at work — (place of employment) auf der Arbeit (see also a)

from work — von der Arbeit

6) in pl., usu. constr. as sing. (factory) Werk, das

7) in pl. (Mil.) Werke; Befestigungen

8) in pl. (operations of building etc.) Arbeiten

9) in pl. (machine's operative parts) Werk, das

10) in pl. (coll.): (all that can be included)

the [whole/full] works — der ganze Kram (ugs.)

give somebody the works — (fig.) (give somebody the best possible treatment) jemandem richtig verwöhnen (ugs.); (give somebody the worst possible treatment) jemanden fertig machen (salopp)
2. intransitive verb,
worked or (arch./literary) wrought

1) arbeiten

work to rule — Dienst nach Vorschrift machen

work for a cause — etc. für eine Sache usw. arbeiten

work against something — (impede) einer Sache (Dat.) entgegenstehen

2) (function effectively) funktionieren; [Charme:] wirken (on auf + Akk.)

make the washing machine/television work — die Waschmaschine/den Fernsehapparat in Ordnung bringen

3) [Rad, Getriebe, Kette:] laufen

4) (be craftsman)

work in a material — mit od. (fachspr.) in einem Material arbeiten

5) [Faktoren, Einflüsse:] wirken (on auf + Akk.)

work against — arbeiten gegen; see also work on

6) (make its/one's way) sich schieben

work loose — sich lockern

work round to a question — (fig.) sich zu einer Frage vorarbeiten
3. transitive verb,
worked or (arch./literary) wrought

1) (operate) bedienen [Maschine]; fahren [Schiff]; betätigen [Bremse]

worked by electricity — elektrisch betrieben

2) (get labour from) arbeiten lassen

3) (get material from) ausbeuten [Steinbruch, Grube]

4) (operate in or on) [Vertreter:] bereisen

5) (control) steuern

6) (effect) bewirken [Änderung]; wirken [Wunder]

work it or things so that... — (coll.) es deichseln, dass... (ugs.)

7) (cause to go gradually) führen

work one's way up/into something — sich hocharbeiten/in etwas (Akk.) hineinarbeiten

8) (get gradually) bringen

work oneself into a position — sich in eine Position hocharbeiten

9) (knead, stir)

work something into something — etwas zu etwas verarbeiten; (mix in) etwas unter etwas (Akk.) rühren

10) (gradually excite)

work oneself into a state/a rage — sich aufregen/in einen Wutanfall hineinsteigern

11) (make by needlework etc.) arbeiten; aufsticken [Muster] (on auf + Akk.)

12) (purchase, obtain with labour) abarbeiten; (fig.)

work one's keep — für sein Geld etwas leisten

she worked her way through college — sie hat sich (Dat.) ihr Studium selbst verdient; see also passage 6)

Phrasal Verbs:

- work away

- work in

- work off

- work on

- work out

- work through

- work towards

- work up

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[wə:k] 1. noun
1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) die Arbeit

2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) die Arbeit

3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) die Arbeit

4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) das Werk

5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) die Arbeit

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.) die Arbeit
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.) arbeiten

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) arbeiten

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.) funktionieren

4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) klappen

5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) sich arbeiten

6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) sich arbeiten

7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) arbeiten

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- -work
- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural
1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) das Werk

2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) das Werk

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- work-basket
- 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
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work

[wɜ:k, AM wɜ:rk]

I. NOUN

1. no pl (useful activity) Arbeit f; ( fig)

to be at \work am Werk sein

forces of destruction are at \work here hier sind zerstörerische Kräfte am Werk

various factors are at \work in this situation in dieser Situation spielen verschiedene Faktoren eine Rolle

good \work! gute Arbeit!

there's a lot of \work to be done yet es gibt noch viel zu tun

the garden needs a lot of \work im Garten muss [so] einiges gemacht werden

\work on the tunnel has been suspended die Arbeiten am Tunnel wurden vorübergehend eingestellt

did you manage to get a bit of \work done? konntest du ein bisschen arbeiten?

construction/repair \work Bau-/Reparaturarbeiten pl

research \work Forschungsarbeit f

it's hard \work doing sth (strenuous) es ist anstrengend, etw zu tun; (difficult) es ist schwierig, etw zu tun

to be at \work doing sth [gerade] damit beschäftigt sein, etw zu tun

to get [or go] [or set] to \work sich akk an die Arbeit machen

to get [or go] [or set] to \work on sth sich akk an etw akk machen

to make \work for sb jdm Arbeit machen

to make \work for oneself sich dat unnötige Arbeit machen

to put [or set] sb to \work doing sth jdn [damit] beauftragen, etw zu tun

2. no pl (employment) Arbeit f

what sort of \work do you have experience in? über welche Berufserfahrung verfügen Sie?

she's got \work as a translator sie hat Arbeit [o eine Stelle] als Übersetzerin gefunden

to look for \work auf Arbeitssuche sein

he's looking for \work as a system analyst er sucht Arbeit [o eine Stelle] als Systemanalytiker

to be in \work Arbeit [o eine Stelle] haben

to be out of \work arbeitslos sein

3. no pl (place of employment) Arbeit f, Arbeitsplatz m

to be late for \work zu spät zur Arbeit kommen

to have to stay late at \work lange arbeiten müssen

to be at \work bei der Arbeit sein

to be off \work frei haben; (without permission) fehlen

to be off \work sick sich akk krankgemeldet haben

to commute to \work pendeln

to get to \work by car/on the train mit dem Auto/mit dem Zug zur Arbeit fahren

to go/travel to \work zur Arbeit gehen/fahren

to be injured at \work einen Arbeitsunfall haben

to ring sb from \work jdn von der Arbeit [aus] anrufen

4. (construction, repairs)

▪ \works pl Arbeiten pl

building/road \works Bau-/Straßenarbeiten pl

5. no pl (result, product) Arbeit f; (act) Werk nt

this is the \work of professional thieves das ist das Werk professioneller Diebe

good \works REL gute Werke

6. ART, LIT, MUS Werk nt

‘The Complete W\works of William Shakespeare’ ‚Shakespeares gesammelte Werke‘

\works of art Kunstwerke pl

\work in bronze Bronzearbeiten pl

\work in leather aus Leder gefertigte Arbeiten

sb's early/later \work jds Früh-/Spätwerk nt

to show one's \work in a gallery seine Arbeiten in einer Galerie ausstellen

7. (factory)

▪ \works + sing/pl vb Werk nt, Fabrik f

steel \works Stahlwerk nt

8. (working parts)

▪ \works pl of a clock Uhrwerk nt; of a machine Getriebe nt

9. ( fam: everything)

▪ the \works pl das ganze Drum und Dran kein pl fam

two large pizzas with the \works, please! esp AM zwei große Pizzen mit allem bitte!

10. no pl PHYS Arbeit f

11. MIL

▪ \works pl Befestigungen pl

12.

▶ to be a [real] piece of \work ( fam) ganz schön nervig sein fam

▶ to have one's \work cut out ( fam) sich akk mächtig reinknien müssen fam

▶ to get [or go] [or set] to \work on sb ( fam) jdn bearbeiten fam

▶ to give sb the \works ( dated sl) jdn [ordentlich] in die Mangel nehmen fam

II. NOUN MODIFIER

1. (climate, report, week) Arbeits-

\work clothes Arbeitskleidung f

\work speed Arbeitstempo nt

2.

▪ \works (canteen, inspection) Werks-

\works premises Werksgelände nt

III. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1. (do a job) arbeiten

where do you \work? wo arbeiten Sie?

to \work as an accountant als Buchhalter arbeiten

to \work a twelve-hour day/a forty-hour week zwölf Stunden am Tag/vierzig Stunden in der Woche arbeiten

to \work from home zu Hause [o von zu Hause aus] arbeiten

to \work at the hospital/abroad im Krankenhaus/im Ausland arbeiten

to \work like a slave [or AM, AUS dog] ( fam) wie ein Tier schuften fam

to \work like a Trojan BRIT wie ein Pferd arbeiten fam

to \work hard hart arbeiten

to \work together zusammenarbeiten

▪ to \work with sb mit jdm zusammenarbeiten

2. (be busy, active) arbeiten

we're \working to prevent it happening again wir bemühen uns [o arbeiten daran], so etwas in Zukunft zu verhindern

to \work towards a degree in biology einen Hochschulabschluss in Biologie anstreben

▪ to \work at/on sth an etw dat arbeiten

we're \working on it wir arbeiten daran

to \work at a problem an einem Problem arbeiten

to \work hard at doing sth hart daran arbeiten, etw zu tun

▪ to \work for/towards sth auf etw akk hinwirken [o hinarbeiten

3. (have an effect) sich auswirken

to \work both ways sich sowohl positiv als auch negativ auswirken

▪ to \work in sb's favour sich zu jds Gunsten auswirken

▪ to \work against sb/sth sich negativ für jdn/auf etw akk auswirken

4. (function) funktionieren; generator, motor laufen

my cell phone doesn't \work mein Handy geht nicht

the boiler seems to be \working okay der Boiler scheint in Ordnung zu sein

I can't get this washing machine to \work ich kriege die Waschmaschine irgendwie nicht zum Laufen

to \work off batteries batteriebetrieben sein

to \work off the mains BRIT mit Netzstrom arbeiten

to \work off wind power mit Windenergie arbeiten

5. (be successful) funktionieren, klappen fam; plan, tactics aufgehen

to \work in practice [auch] in der Praxis funktionieren

6. MED medicine, pill wirken

7. (be based)

to \work on the assumption/idea that... von der Annahme/Vorstellung ausgehen, dass...

8. (move)

to \work free/loose sich lösen/lockern

▪ to \work down clothes runterrutschen fam

to \work windward NAUT gegen den Wind segeln

9. ( liter: change expression) arbeiten; (contort) sich verzerren

10. NAUT

to \work windward [hart] am Wind segeln

11.

▶ to \work like a charm [or like magic] Wunder bewirken

▶ to \work till you drop ( fam) bis zum Umfallen arbeiten

▶ to \work on sb jdn bearbeiten fam

IV. TRANSITIVE VERB

1. (make work)

to \work oneself to death ( fam) sich akk zu Tode arbeiten [o fam schinden]

to \work sb/oneself hard jdm/sich viel abverlangen

2. (operate)

▪ to \work sth machine etw bedienen; piece of equipment etw betätigen

to be \worked by electricity/steam elektrisch/dampfgetrieben sein

to be \worked by wind power durch Windenergie angetrieben werden

3. (move)

▪ to \work sth out of sth etw aus etw dat herausbekommen

to \work one's way through an article/a book sich akk durch einen Artikel/ein Buch durcharbeiten

to \work one's way through a crowd/out of a crowded room sich dat einen Weg durch die Menge/aus einem überfüllten Zimmer bahnen

to \work one's way down a list eine Liste durchgehen

to \work one's way up sich akk hocharbeiten

he's \worked his way up through the firm er hat sich in der Firma hochgearbeitet

to \work sth free/loose etw losbekommen/lockern

sth \works itself free/loose etw löst/lockert sich akk

to \work sth [backwards and forwards] etw [hin- und her]bewegen

▪ sth \works itself out of sth etw löst sich aus etw dat

4. (bring about)

▪ to \work sth etw bewirken

I don't know how she \worked it! ich weiß nicht, wie sie das geschafft hat!

to \work oneself into a more positive frame of mind sich dat eine positivere Lebenseinstellung erarbeiten

to \work a cure eine Heilung herbeiführen

to \work a miracle ein Wunder vollbringen

to \work miracles [or wonders] [wahre] Wunder vollbringen

5. (get)

to \work oneself into a frenzy [or rage] in Rage geraten fam

to \work sb into a frenzy [or rage] jdn in Rage bringen fam

to \work oneself into a state sich akk aufregen

to \work sb into a state of jealousy jdn eifersüchtig machen

6. (shape)

▪ to \work sth etw bearbeiten

to \work clay Ton formen

7. (mix, rub)

▪ to \work sth into sth etw in etw akk einarbeiten; food etw mit etw dat vermengen; (incorporate) etw in etw akk einbauen [o einfügen]

to \work the ingredients together die Zutaten [miteinander] vermengen

to \work sth into the skin (rub) die Haut mit etw dat einreiben; (massage) etw in die Haut einmassieren

8. (embroider)

▪ to \work sth etw [auf]sticken

to \work a monogram on sth etw mit einem Monogramm besticken, ein Monogramm auf etw akk sticken

9. (cultivate)

to \work the land das Land bewirtschaften; (exploit)

to \work a mine/quarry eine Mine/einen Steinbruch ausbeuten

10. (cover)

to \work the inner city [area]/the East Side für die Innenstadt/die East Side zuständig sein

11. (pay for by working)

to \work one's passage sich dat seine Überfahrt durch Arbeit auf dem Schiff verdienen

to \work one's way through university sich dat sein Studium finanzieren

12.

▶ to \work one's fingers to the bone [for sb] ( fam) sich dat [für jdn] den Rücken krumm arbeiten fam

▶ to \work a treat BRIT ( fam) prima funktionieren fam

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[wɜːk]
1. n

1) (= toil, labour, task) Arbeit f

have you got any work for me? — haben Sie was für mich zu tun?

he doesn't like work — er arbeitet nicht gern

that's a good piece of work — das ist gute Arbeit

is this all your own work? — haben Sie das alles selbst gemacht?

closed for work on the roof — wegen (Reparatur)arbeiten am Dach geschlossen

when work begins on the new bridge — wenn die Arbeiten an der neuen Brücke anfangen

to be at work (on sth) ( — an etw dat ) arbeiten

there are forces at work which... — es sind Kräfte am Werk, die...

it's the work of the devil — das ist Teufelswerk or ein Machwerk des Teufels

to do a good day's work — ein schönes Stück Arbeit leisten

nice or good work! — gut or super (inf) gemacht!

we've a lot of work to do before this choir can give a concert — wir haben noch viel zu tun, ehe dieser Chor ein Konzert geben kann

you need to do some more work on your accent/your technique — Sie müssen noch an Ihrem Akzent/an Ihrer Technik arbeiten

to get or set to work on sth — sich an etw (acc) machen

I've been trying to get some work done — ich habe versucht zu arbeiten

to put a lot of work into sth — eine Menge Arbeit in etw (acc) stecken

it's in the works (inf) — es ist in der Mache (inf)

to get on with one's work — sich (wieder) an die Arbeit machen

to make short or quick work of sb/sth — mit jdm/etw kurzen Prozess machen

to make work for sb — jdm Arbeit machen

time/the medicine had done its work — die Zeit/Arznei hatte ihr Werk vollbracht/ihre Wirkung getan

the work of a moment — eine Angelegenheit von Sekunden

it was hard work for the old car to get up the hill — das alte Auto hatte beim Anstieg schwer zu schaffen

2) (= employment, job) Arbeit f

to be (out) at work — arbeiten sein

to go out to work — arbeiten gehen

to be out of work — arbeitslos sein

to be in work — eine Stelle haben

he travels to work by car — er fährt mit dem Auto zur Arbeit

do you live close to your work? — hast du es weit zur Arbeit?

how long does it take you to get to work? — wie lange brauchst du, um zu deiner Arbeitsstelle zu kommen?

at work — an der Arbeitsstelle, am Arbeitsplatz

what is your work? — was tun Sie (beruflich)?

to put or throw sb out of work — jdn arbeitslos machen

to be off work — (am Arbeitsplatz) fehlen

3) (= product) Arbeit f; (ART, LITER) Werk nt

a work of art — ein Kunstwerk nt

a work of reference — ein Nachschlagewerk nt

a work of literature — ein literarisches Werk

a fine piece of work — eine schöne Arbeit

good works — gute Werke pl

a chance for artists to show their work — eine Gelegenheit für Künstler, ihre Arbeiten or Werke zu zeigen

4) pl (MIL) Befestigungen pl

5) pl (MECH) Getriebe, Innere(s) nt; (of watch, clock) Uhrwerk nt

6) sing or pl (Brit: factory) Betrieb m, Fabrik f

gas/steel works — Gas-/Stahlwerk nt

works gate — Fabrik- or Werkstor nt

works outing — Betriebsausflug m

7) (inf)pl alles Drum und Dran

we had fantastic food, wine, brandy, the works — es gab tolles Essen, Wein, Kognak, alle Schikanen (inf)

he was giving his opponent the works — er machte seinen Gegner nach allen Regeln der Kunst fertig (inf)

2. vi

1) person arbeiten (at an +dat)

to work toward(s)/for sth — auf etw (acc) hin/für etw arbeiten

to work for better conditions etc — sich für bessere Bedingungen etc einsetzen

to work against a reform — gegen eine Reform kämpfen

or favor (US) — diese Faktoren, die gegen uns/zu unseren Gunsten arbeiten

2) (= function, operate) funktionieren; (plan) funktionieren, klappen (inf); (medicine, spell) wirken; (= be successful) klappen (inf)

it won't work — das klappt nicht

"not working" (lift etc) — "außer Betrieb"

to get sth working — etw in Gang bringen

it works by or on electricity — es läuft auf Strom

it works both ways — es trifft auch andersherum zu

but this arrangement will have to work both ways — aber diese Abmachung muss für beide Seiten gelten

3) (yeast) arbeiten, treiben

4) (mouth, face) zucken; (jaws) mahlen

5)

(= move gradually) to work loose — sich lockern

to work along — sich entlangarbeiten

to work round (wind, object) — sich langsam drehen (to nach)

he worked (a)round to asking her — er hat sich aufgerafft, sie zu fragen

OK, I'm working (a)round to it — okay, das mache ich schon noch

3. vt

1) (= make work) staff, employees, students arbeiten lassen, herannehmen (inf), schinden (pej)

to work oneself/sb hard — sich/jdn nicht schonen

he works himself too hard — er übernimmt sich

to work oneself to death — sich zu Tode arbeiten

2) (= operate) machine bedienen; lever, brake betätigen

to work sth by electricity/hand — etw elektrisch/mit Hand betreiben

can we work that trick again? — können wir den Trick noch einmal anbringen or anwenden?

3) (= bring about) change, cure bewirken, herbeiführen

to work mischief — Unheil anrichten

to work it ( so that...) (inf) — es so deichseln(, dass...) (inf)

to work one's passage — seine Überfahrt abarbeiten

you don't have to work your notice — Sie brauchen Ihre Kündigungsfrist nicht einzuhalten

See:

→ work up

4) (SEW) arbeiten; design etc sticken

5) (= shape) wood, metal bearbeiten; dough, clay also kneten, bearbeiten

he worked the clay into a human shape — er formte den Ton zu einer menschlichen Gestalt

work the flour in gradually/the ingredients together — mischen Sie das Mehl allmählich unter/die Zutaten (zusammen)

6) (= exploit) mine ausbeuten, abbauen; land bearbeiten; smallholding bewirtschaften; (salesman) area bereisen

7) muscles trainieren

8)

(= move gradually) to work one's hands free — seine Hände freibekommen

to work sth loose — etw losbekommen

to work one's way through a book — sich durch ein Buch arbeiten

to work one's way to the top — sich nach oben arbeiten or kämpfen

to work one's way up from nothing — sich von ganz unten hocharbeiten

to work one's way through college — sein Studium selbst or durch eigene Arbeit finanzieren

he worked his way across the rock face/through the tunnel — er überquerte die Felswand/kroch durch den Tunnel

to work oneself into sb's confidence — sich in jds Vertrauen (acc) einschleichen

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work [wɜːk; US wɜrk]

A s

1. allg Arbeit f:

a) Beschäftigung f, Tätigkeit f

b) Aufgabe f

c) Hand-, Nadelarbeit f, Stickerei f, Näherei f

d) Leistung f

e) Erzeugnis n:

work done geleistete Arbeit;

a beautiful piece of work eine schöne Arbeit;

work in hand WIRTSCH Auftragsbestand m;

work in process ( oder progress) WIRTSCH US Halbfabrikate pl;

at work

a) bei der Arbeit,

b) am Arbeitsplatz,

c) in Tätigkeit, in Betrieb (Maschine etc);

be at work on arbeiten an (dat);

do work arbeiten;

I’ve got some work to do ich muss arbeiten;

do the work of three (men) für drei arbeiten;

be in (out of) work (keine) Arbeit haben;

(put) out of work arbeitslos (machen);

set to work an die Arbeit gehen, sich an die Arbeit machen;

take some work home Arbeit mit nach Hause nehmen;

have one’s work cut out (for one) zu tun haben, schwer zu schaffen haben;

make work Arbeit verursachen;

make light work of spielend fertig werden mit;

make sad work of arg wirtschaften oder hausen mit;

make short work of kurzen Prozess oder nicht viel Federlesen(s) machen mit umg

2. PHYS Arbeit f:

convert heat into work

3. auch koll (künstlerisches etc) Werk:

the works of Bach;

work of art Kunstwerk; → fiction 2, reference A 8

4. Werk n (Tat und Resultat):

this is your work!;

it was the work of a moment

5. pl

a) ARCH Anlagen pl, (besonders öffentliche) Bauten pl

b) Baustelle f (an einer Autobahn etc)

c) MIL (Festungs)Werk n, Befestigungen pl

6. pl (oft als sg konstruiert) Werk n, Fabrik (-anlage) f, Betrieb m:

works climate (council, outing, etc) Betriebsklima n (-rat m, -ausflug m etc);

works manager Werksdirektor m, Betriebsleiter m

7. pl TECH (Räder-, Trieb)Werk n, Getriebe n:

works of a watch Uhrwerk; → spanner 1

8. Werk-, Arbeitsstück n, ( besonders Nadel)Arbeit f

9. REL (gutes) Werk

10. the works pl umg alles, der ganze Krempel:

the whole works went over board;

give sb the works umg jemanden fertigmachen;

shoot the works (Kartenspiel) aufs Ganze gehen (a. fig); → gum² B 4

B v/i prät und pperf worked, besonders obs oder poet wrought [rɔːt]

1. (at, on) arbeiten (an dat), sich beschäftigen (mit):

work at a social reform an einer Sozialreform arbeiten;

worked ( oder wrought) in leather in Leder gearbeitet;

work to rule WIRTSCH Br Dienst nach Vorschrift tun;

make one’s money work sein Geld arbeiten lassen

2. arbeiten, Arbeit haben, beschäftigt sein

3. fig arbeiten, kämpfen ( beide:

against gegen;

for für eine Sache):

work toward(s) hinarbeiten auf (akk)

4. TECH

a) funktionieren, gehen (beide auch fig)

b) in Betrieb oder Gang sein:

our stove works well unser Ofen funktioniert gut;

your method won’t work mit Ihrer Methode werden Sie es nicht schaffen;

get sth to work etwas reparieren

5. fig klappen, gehen, gelingen, sich machen lassen

6. (prät oft wrought) wirken, sich auswirken (on, with auf akk, bei):

the poison began to work das Gift begann zu wirken

7. work on jemanden bearbeiten, sich jemanden vornehmen (beide umg)

8. sich gut etc bearbeiten lassen

9. sich (hindurch-, hoch- etc) arbeiten:

work into eindringen in (akk);

work loose sich losarbeiten, sich lockern;

her tights worked down die Strumpfhose rutschte ihr herunter

10. in (heftiger) Bewegung sein, arbeiten, zucken ( alle:

with vor dat; Gesichtszüge etc), mahlen ( with vor Erregung etc; Kiefer)

11. SCHIFF (besonders gegen den Wind) segeln, fahren

12. gären, arbeiten (beide auch fig: Gedanke etc)

13. (hand)arbeiten, stricken, nähen

C v/t

1. arbeiten an (dat)

2. verarbeiten:

a) TECH bearbeiten

b) einen Teig kneten

c) (ver)formen, gestalten ( beide:

into zu):

work cotton into cloth Baumwolle zu Tuch verarbeiten

3. eine Maschine etc bedienen, ein Fahrzeug führen, lenken

4. (an-, be)treiben:

worked by electricity elektrisch betrieben

5. AGR den Boden bearbeiten, bestellen

6. einen Betrieb leiten, eine Fabrik etc betreiben, ein Gut bewirtschaften

7. Bergbau: eine Grube abbauen, ausbeuten

8. WIRTSCH (geschäftlich) bereisen oder bearbeiten:

my partner works the Liverpool district

9. jemanden, Tiere (tüchtig) arbeiten lassen, (zur Arbeit) antreiben

10. fig jemanden bearbeiten umg, jemandem zusetzen ( beide:

for wegen):

he worked his teacher for a better mark

11. a) work one’s way sich (hindurch- etc) arbeiten

b) erarbeiten, verdienen: → passage¹ 5

12. MATH lösen, ausarbeiten, errechnen

13. erregen, reizen, (in einen Zustand) versetzen oder bringen:

work o.s. into a rage sich in eine Wut hineinsteigern

14. bewegen, arbeiten mit:

he worked his jaws seine Kiefer mahlten

15. fig (prät oft wrought) hervorbringen, -rufen, zeitigen, Veränderungen etc bewirken, Wunder wirken oder tun, führen zu, verursachen:

work hardship on sb für jemanden eine Härte bedeuten

16. (prät oft wrought) fertigbringen, zustande bringen

17. work into

a) eine Arbeit etc einschieben in (akk),

b) Passagen etc einarbeiten oder -flechten oder -fügen in (akk)

18. sl etwas herausschlagen

19. US sl jemanden bescheißen

20. herstellen, machen, besonders stricken, nähen

21. zur Gärung bringen

22. → work over 2

w. abk

1. weight

2. wide

3. width

4. wife

5. with

6. PHYS work

wk abk

1. week Wo.

2. work

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1. noun
1) no pl., no indef. art. Arbeit, die

at work — (engaged in working) bei der Arbeit; (fig.): (operating) am Werk (see also e)

be at work on something — an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten; (fig.) auf etwas (Akk.) wirken

set to work — [Person:] sich an die Arbeit machen

set somebody to work — jemanden an die Arbeit schicken

all work and no play — immer nur arbeiten

have one's work cut out — viel zu tun haben; sich ranhalten müssen (ugs.)

2) (thing made or achieved) Werk, das

a good day's work — eine gute Tagesleistung

do a good day's work — ein tüchtiges Stück Arbeit hinter sich bringen

is that all your own work? — hast du das alles selbst gemacht?

work of art — Kunstwerk, das

3) (book, piece of music) Werk, das

a work of reference/literature/art — ein Nachschlagewerk/literarisches Werk/Kunstwerk

4) in pl. (of author or composer) Werke

5) (employment) Arbeit, die

out of work — arbeitslos; ohne Arbeit

be in work — eine Stelle haben

go out to work — arbeiten gehen

at work — (place of employment) auf der Arbeit (see also a)

from work — von der Arbeit

6) in pl., usu. constr. as sing. (factory) Werk, das

7) in pl. (Mil.) Werke; Befestigungen

8) in pl. (operations of building etc.) Arbeiten

9) in pl. (machine's operative parts) Werk, das

10) in pl. (coll.): (all that can be included)

the [whole/full] works — der ganze Kram (ugs.)

give somebody the works — (fig.) (give somebody the best possible treatment) jemandem richtig verwöhnen (ugs.); (give somebody the worst possible treatment) jemanden fertig machen (salopp)
2. intransitive verb,
worked or (arch./literary) wrought

1) arbeiten

work to rule — Dienst nach Vorschrift machen

work for a cause — etc. für eine Sache usw. arbeiten

work against something — (impede) einer Sache (Dat.) entgegenstehen

2) (function effectively) funktionieren; [Charme:] wirken (on auf + Akk.)

make the washing machine/television work — die Waschmaschine/den Fernsehapparat in Ordnung bringen

3) [Rad, Getriebe, Kette:] laufen

4) (be craftsman)

work in a material — mit od. (fachspr.) in einem Material arbeiten

5) [Faktoren, Einflüsse:] wirken (on auf + Akk.)

work against — arbeiten gegen; see also work on

6) (make its/one's way) sich schieben

work loose — sich lockern

work round to a question — (fig.) sich zu einer Frage vorarbeiten
3. transitive verb,
worked or (arch./literary) wrought

1) (operate) bedienen [Maschine]; fahren [Schiff]; betätigen [Bremse]

worked by electricity — elektrisch betrieben

2) (get labour from) arbeiten lassen

3) (get material from) ausbeuten [Steinbruch, Grube]

4) (operate in or on) [Vertreter:] bereisen

5) (control) steuern

6) (effect) bewirken [Änderung]; wirken [Wunder]

work it or things so that... — (coll.) es deichseln, dass... (ugs.)

7) (cause to go gradually) führen

work one's way up/into something — sich hocharbeiten/in etwas (Akk.) hineinarbeiten

8) (get gradually) bringen

work oneself into a position — sich in eine Position hocharbeiten

9) (knead, stir)

work something into something — etwas zu etwas verarbeiten; (mix in) etwas unter etwas (Akk.) rühren

10) (gradually excite)

work oneself into a state/a rage — sich aufregen/in einen Wutanfall hineinsteigern

11) (make by needlework etc.) arbeiten; aufsticken [Muster] (on auf + Akk.)

12) (purchase, obtain with labour) abarbeiten; (fig.)

work one's keep — für sein Geld etwas leisten

she worked her way through college — sie hat sich (Dat.) ihr Studium selbst verdient; see also passage 6)

Phrasal Verbs:

- work away

- work in

- work off

- work on

- work out

- work through

- work towards

- work up

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(hard) for expr.

erarbeiten v.

sich etwas erarbeiten ausdr. v.

arbeiten v.

funktionieren v. n.

Arbeit -en f.

Werk -e n.

English-german dictionary > work
11 where

where¹ adv dónde / adónde

where are you going for your holidays? ¿dónde vas de vacaciones?

he told me where the treasure is me dijo dónde está el tesoro

where² conj donde / en que

the town where I live la ciudad donde vivo

where

tr[weə^SMALLr/SMALL]

adverb

1 (direct question - place) dónde; (- direction) adónde

■ where is it? ¿dónde está?

■ where did you go? ¿adónde fuiste?

■ where does she live? ¿dónde vive?

■ where are you from ¿de dónde eres?

2 (indirect question) dónde, adónde

■ tell me where it is dime dónde está

3 (at, in or which) donde, en que; (to which) adonde, a donde

■ this is where it all happened es aquí donde pasó todo

conjunction

1 donde

■ where I come from we don't do that de donde soy yo eso no se hace

■ that's where you're mistaken ahí es donde te equivocas

2 (when) cuando

■ where possible cuando sea posible

where ['hwɛr] adv

: dónde, adónde

where is he?: ¿dónde está?

where did they go?: ¿adónde fueron?

where conj

: donde, adonde

she knows where the house is: sabe donde está la casa

she goes where she likes: va adonde quiera

where pron

: donde

Chicago is where I live: Chicago es donde vivo

where

adv.

• adonde adv.

• adónde adv.

• donde adv.

• dónde adv.

• en dónde adv.

conj.

• adónde conj.

• donde conj.

• dónde conj.

• en dónde conj.

I hwer, weə(r)
adverb

1) dónde; ( indicating direction) adónde, dónde

where's Lewes? — ¿dónde está or queda Lewes?

where are you taking me? — ¿(a)dónde me llevan?

where are you from? — ¿de dónde eres?

put the scissors back where they belong — vuelve a poner la tijera en su sitio

that's where you're mistaken — en eso estás equivocado

where it's at — (colloq)

Aspen's OK for skiing, but Hartlepool is really where it's at — Aspen no está mal para esquiar, pero adonde hay que ir es a Hartlepool

2) ( as relative) donde

the house where she was born — la casa donde nació

II

conjunction

a) donde; ( indicating direction) adonde, donde

you won't be needing any money where you're going — adonde vas no te hará falta dinero

b) ( in cases where) cuando

where her private life is concerned... — cuando se trata de su vida privada...

where appropriate — cuando or allí donde sea apropiado

c) ( contrasting) cuando

where others would lose heart, she remains optimistic — cuando otros perderían el ánimo, ella permanece optimista

[wɛǝ(r)]
1. ADVERB

1) (in direct and indirect questions, reported speech)

Where in direct questions as well as after report verbs and expressions of (un)certainty and doubt (e.g. no sé) usually translates as dónde (with an accent), sometimes preceded by a preposition: dónde
where am I? — ¿dónde estoy?

where are you going (to)? — ¿a dónde or adónde vas?, ¿dónde vas?

where have you come from? — ¿de dónde has venido?

where can I have put my keys (down)? — ¿dónde or en dónde puedo haber puesto las llaves?

where should we be if...? — ¿a dónde or adónde habríamos ido a parar si...?

where did we go wrong? — ¿en qué nos equivocamos?

can you tell me where there's a chemist's? — ¿puede decirme dónde hay una farmacia?

I don't know where she lives — no sé dónde vive

2) (in other statements)

a) (=the place that)

Where in other statements is usually translated as donde (without an accent), again often preceded by a preposition: donde
there's a telephone box near where I live — hay una cabina cerca de donde vivo

this is where we found it — aquí es donde lo encontramos

that's where we got to in the last lesson — hasta aquí llegamos en la última clase

that's just where you're wrong! — ¡en eso te equivocas!, ¡ahí es donde te equivocas!

that's where I disagree with you — en eso no estoy de acuerdo contigo, ahí es donde no estoy de acuerdo contigo

where this book is dangerous is in suggesting that... — el aspecto peligroso de este libro es la sugerencia de que...

b) (after noun) donde

this is the hotel where we stayed — este es el hotel donde or en el que estuvimos

the beach where we picnicked — la playa donde or a la que or adonde fuimos de picnic

we went to visit the house where Diego was born — fuimos a visitar la casa (en) donde nació Diego

2. CONJUNCTION

1) (=if)

where husband and wife both work, benefits are... — en el caso de que los dos esposos trabajen, los beneficios son...

where possible — en lo posible

2) (=whereas) mientras que, cuando

sometimes a teacher will be listened to where a parent might not — a veces a un maestro se le hace caso, mientras que or cuando a un padre tal vez no

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I [hwer, weə(r)]
adverb

1) dónde; ( indicating direction) adónde, dónde

where's Lewes? — ¿dónde está or queda Lewes?

where are you taking me? — ¿(a)dónde me llevan?

where are you from? — ¿de dónde eres?

put the scissors back where they belong — vuelve a poner la tijera en su sitio

that's where you're mistaken — en eso estás equivocado

where it's at — (colloq)

Aspen's OK for skiing, but Hartlepool is really where it's at — Aspen no está mal para esquiar, pero adonde hay que ir es a Hartlepool

2) ( as relative) donde

the house where she was born — la casa donde nació

II

conjunction

a) donde; ( indicating direction) adonde, donde

you won't be needing any money where you're going — adonde vas no te hará falta dinero

b) ( in cases where) cuando

where her private life is concerned... — cuando se trata de su vida privada...

where appropriate — cuando or allí donde sea apropiado

c) ( contrasting) cuando

where others would lose heart, she remains optimistic — cuando otros perderían el ánimo, ella permanece optimista

English-spanish dictionary > where
12 where

1. n амер. разг. место

the where and when of his birth are unknown — место и дата его рождения неизвестны

2. adv r

3. adv где?; в каком месте?

where are you? — где вы?

where applicable — там, где это необходимо,

where did you dig that up? — где вы это откопали?

where are you lodging now? — где вы теперь живёте?

where do you dig? — ты где живёшь ?, где твоя хата?

where considered necessary — там, где это необходимо,

4. adv откуда?; из какого места?

where does he come from? — откуда он?

where is this carpet to go? — куда постелить этот ковёр?

where does this road lead? — куда ведёт эта дорога?

where do you hail from? — откуда вы родом?

where will she go to? — куда она пойдёт?

where shall we go? — куда мы пойдём?

5. adv куда?

where are you going? — куда вы идёте?

from where? — откуда?

6. adv на какой стадии?

where are you in your work? — сколько вы уже сделали?

after where — после того как

7. adv в каком положении?

where should I be if I followed your advice? — что бы со мной было, если бы я последовал вашему совету?

where is the gang? — где все ребята?

8. adv как?, каким образом?, в каком отношении?

where do I come into the matter? — какое отношение это имеет ко мне?

where are your table manners? — как ты себя ведёшь за столом?!;

9. adv l

10. adv где, который

that is the place where he lives — вот где он живёт

where must I get off? — где мне сходить?

where is the nearest stop? — где ближайшая остановка?

here, someone! Where are you? — эй, кто-нибудь! Где вы?

where can I find some action? — где здесь можно сыграть на

where in the name of heaven is he? — да где же он наконец?

11. adv то место, где

within about twenty paces of where we were sitting — приблизительно в двадцати шагах от того места, где мы сидели

where did you pick up this news? — где ты узнал эту новость?

where do I come in? — при чём тут я?, что мне до этого?

where do you hang out? — где ты живёшь?

where is he hiding? — где он прячется?

on where — относительно того, когда

12. adv там

we came home, where we had dinner — мы пришли домой и дома пообедали

where is the good of …? — к чему …?, зачем …?

13. cj вводит придаточные предложения места

the place where the roads merge — место, где соединяются дороги

14. cj куда; где

go where you please — идите куда хотите

from where — откуда

where required — где необходимо

where is my hat? — где моя шляпа?

where appropriate — где необходимо

15. cj куда бы ни

where the mischief have you been? — где, чёрт возьми, ты был?

16. cj вводит предложения с противопоставительным или уступительным значением тогда как; а; поскольку

where she was fascinated by people he showed here only amusement — она увлекалась людьми, тогда как его они только забавляли

where are your manners? — как ты себя ведёшь?; веди себя прилично!

Синонимический ряд:

1. place (noun) location; locus; place; point; position; site; situation; spot; station

2. at which place (other) at what location; at what moment; at which place; in what direction; in what place; in whatever place; in which; to which; toward what

3. whereabouts (other) whereabouts; whither

4. wherever (other) everywhere; wherever

English-Russian base dictionary > where
13 work

[wɜ:k, Am wɜ:rk] n

1) no pl ( useful activity) Arbeit f;

good \work! gute Arbeit!;

there's a lot of \work to be done yet es gibt noch viel zu tun;

the garden still needs a lot of \work im Garten muss noch [so] einiges gemacht werden;

forces of destruction are at \work here ( fig) hier sind zerstörerische Kräfte am Werk;

various factors are at \work in this situation in dieser Situation spielen verschiedene Faktoren eine Rolle;

\work on the tunnel has been suspended die Arbeiten am Tunnel wurden vorübergehend eingestellt;

to be a [real] piece of \work ganz schön nervig sein;

to be hard \work [doing sth] ( strenuous) anstrengend sein[, etw zu tun];

( difficult) schwierig sein[, etw zu tun];

to be at \work doing sth [gerade] damit beschäftigt sein, etw zu tun;

to get [or go] [or set] to \work sich akk an die Arbeit machen;

to get [or go] [or set] to \work on sth sich akk an etw akk machen;

to get [or go] [or set] to \work on sb ( fam) jdn in die Mache nehmen ( fam) ( strongly influence) jdn bearbeiten ( fam)

to make \work for sb jdm Arbeit machen;

to make \work for oneself sich dat unnötige Arbeit machen;

to put [or set] sb to \work doing sth jdn losschicken, etw zu tun

2) no pl ( employment) Arbeit f;

\work in the laboratory was interesting die Arbeit im Labor war interessant;

what sort of \work do you have experience in? welche Berufserfahrungen haben Sie?;

to be in \work eine Stelle [o Arbeit] haben;

to be out of \work arbeitslos sein;

to get \work as a translator eine Stelle als Übersetzer/Übersetzerin finden;

to look for \work auf Arbeitssuche sein;

to be looking for \work as a system analyst eine Stelle als Systemanalytiker/-analytikerin suchen

3) no pl ( place of employment) Arbeit f, Arbeitsplatz m;

he rang me from \work er rief mich von der Arbeit [aus] an;

to get to \work on the train mit dem Zug zur Arbeit fahren;

to be injured at \work einen Arbeitsunfall haben;

to be late for \work zu spät zur Arbeit kommen;

to have to stay late at \work lange arbeiten müssen;

to be at \work bei der Arbeit sein;

I'll be at \work until late this evening ich werde heute bis spät abends arbeiten;

to be off \work frei haben;

( without permission) fehlen;

to be off \work sick sich akk krankgemeldet haben;

to commute to \work pendeln;

to go/travel to \work zur Arbeit gehen/fahren

4) no pl ( sth produced by sb) Werk f;

this is the \work of professional thieves dies ist das Werk professioneller Diebe

5) art, lit, mus Werk nt;

“The Complete W\works of William Shakespeare” „Shakespeares gesammelte Werke“;

\works of art Kunstwerke ntpl;

\work in bronze Bronzearbeiten fpl;

\work in leather aus Leder gefertigte Arbeiten;

sb's early/later \work jds Früh-/Spätwerk nt;

to show one's \work in a gallery seine Arbeiten in einer Galerie ausstellen

6) ( factory)

\works + sing/ pl vb Betrieb m, Fabrik f;

steel \works Stahlwerk nt

7) ( working parts)

\works pl of a clock Uhrwerk nt; of a machine Getriebe nt

8) (fam: everything)

the \works pl das ganze Drum und Dran ( fam)

( esp Am) food

two large pizzas with the \works, please! zwei große Pizzen mit allem bitte!

9) no pl phys Arbeit f

PHRASES:

to have one's \work cut out sich akk mächtig reinknien müssen ( fam), jede Menge zu tun haben;

to give sb the \works (dated) (sl) jdn [ordentlich] in die Mangel nehmen ( fam) vi

1) ( do job) arbeiten;

where do you \work? wo arbeiten Sie?;

to \work as sth als etw arbeiten;

to \work for sb für jdn arbeiten;

to \work with sb ( work together) mit jdm zusammenarbeiten;

( do work helping sb) mit jdm arbeiten;

to \work from home [von] zu Hause arbeiten;

to \work at the hospital/ abroad im Krankenhaus/im Ausland arbeiten;

to \work to rule Dienst nach Vorschrift tun;

to \work like a slave [or (Am, Aus) dog] schuften wie ein Tier ( fam)

to \work hard hart arbeiten;

to \work together zusammenarbeiten

2) ( be busy) arbeiten, beschäftigt sein;

we're \working on it wir arbeiten daran;

we're \working to prevent it happening again wir bemühen uns, so etwas in Zukunft zu verhindern;

to \work [hard] at doing sth [hart] daran arbeiten, etw zu tun;

to \work on the assumption that... von der Annahme ausgehen, dass...;

to \work towards a degree in sth univ einen Hochschulabschluss in etw dat anstreben;

to \work at a problem an einem Problem arbeiten

3) ( function) funktionieren;

the boiler seems to be \working OK der Boiler scheint in Ordnung zu sein;

I can't get this washing machine to \work ich kriege die Waschmaschine irgendwie nicht an;

listen, the generator's \working hör mal, der Generator läuft;

to \work off batteries batteriebetrieben sein;

to \work off the mains ( Brit) mit Netzstrom arbeiten;

to \work off wind power mit Windenergie arbeiten

4) ( be successful) funktionieren, klappen ( fam) plan, tactics aufgehen;

to \work in practice [auch] in der Praxis funktionieren

5) med medicine, pill wirken

6) ( have an effect)

to \work against sb/ sth sich akk als negativ für jdn/etw herausstellen;

to \work for sb [or in sb's favour] sich akk zugunsten einer Person gen auswirken;

to \work for sth auf etw akk hinwirken;

to \work on sb jdn bearbeiten (a. hum) ( fam)

to \work both ways sich akk sowohl positiv als auch negativ auswirken

7) ( move)

to \work through/ under/ up etc sth;

the water damage slowly \worked up through the walls der Wasserschaden breitete sich langsam über die Wände nach oben aus

8) + adj ( become)

to \work free/ loose sich akk lösen/lockern

9) (liter: change expression) sb's face arbeiten;

( contort) sich akk verzerren

PHRASES:

to \work like a charm [or like magic] Wunder bewirken;

to \work like a Trojan ( Brit) wie ein Pferd arbeiten ( fam)

to \work till you drop bis zum Umfallen arbeiten;

to \work round to sth ( Brit) sich akk [bis] zu etw dat vorarbeiten;

to \work round to doing sth ( Brit) sich akk aufraffen, etw zu tun vt

1) ( make sb work)

to \work oneself to death sich akk zu Tode schinden;

to \work a twelve-hour day/ a forty-hour week zwölf Stunden am Tag/vierzig Stunden in der Woche arbeiten;

to \work sb/ oneself hard jdm/sich selbst viel abverlangen

2) mech ( operate)

to \work sth machine etw bedienen;

\worked by electricity elektrisch betrieben;

\worked by steam dampfgetrieben;

\worked by wind power durch Windenergie angetrieben

3) ( move back and forward)

to \work sth out of sth etw aus etw dat herausbekommen;

sth \works itself out of sth etw löst sich akk aus etw dat;

to \work one's way around/through... sth sich dat seinen Weg um etw akk /durch etw akk... bahnen;

to \work one's way up through a firm sich akk in einer Firma hocharbeiten;

I have \worked my way through quite a few books ich habe jede Menge Bücher durchgearbeitet;

to \work one's way down a list eine Liste durchgehen;

to \work sth [backwards and forwards] etw [hin- und her]bewegen;

to \work sth free/ loose etw losbekommen/lockern;

sth \works itself free/ loose etw löst/lockert sich akk

4) ( bring about)

to \work sth etw bewirken;

I don't know how she \worked it, but in the end she got £1000 off him ich weiß nicht, wie sie es geschafft hat, aber am Ende luchste sie ihm 1000 Pfund ab;

to \work a cure eine Heilung herbeiführen;

to \work oneself into a more positive frame of mind sich dat eine positivere Lebenseinstellung erarbeiten;

to \work oneself [up] into a frenzy sich akk in eine Raserei hineinsteigern;

to \work sb [up] into a frenzy/ rage jdn zur Raserei/in Rage bringen ( fam)

to \work a miracle ein Wunder vollbringen ( geh)

to \work miracles [or wonders] [wahre] Wunder vollbringen ( geh)

to \work oneself into a state sich akk aufregen;

to \work sb into a state of jealousy jdn eifersüchtig machen

5) ( shape)

to \work bronze/ iron Bronze/Eisen bearbeiten;

to \work clay Ton formen

6) ( mix)

to \work sth into sth etw in etw akk einarbeiten;

( incorporate) etw in etw akk einbauen [o einfügen];

\work the butter into the flour fügen Sie die Butter hinzu und vermengen Sie sie mit dem Mehl;

to \work sth into one's skin ( rub in) die Haut mit etw dat einreiben;

( massage) etw in die Haut einmassieren

7) fashion

to \work sth [on sth] etw [auf etw akk] sticken, etw [mit etw dat be]sticken

8) ( exploit)

to \work sth sich dat etw vornehmen;

to \work the land agr das Land bewirtschaften;

to \work a mine/ quarry min eine Mine/einen Steinbruch ausbeuten

9) ( pay for by working)

to \work one's passage sich dat seine Überfahrt durch Arbeit auf dem Schiff verdienen;

to \work one's way through university sich dat sein Studium finanzieren

PHRASES:

to \work one's fingers to the bone [for sb] sich dat [für jdn] den Rücken krumm arbeiten ( fam)

to \work a treat ( Brit) ( fam) prima funktionieren

English-German students dictionary > work
14 this

[ðɪs, ðəs] adj

attr, inv

1) ( close in space) diese(r, s);

let's go to \this cafe here on the right lass uns doch in das Café hier rechts gehen;

can you sign \this form [here] for me? kannst du dieses Formular für mich unterschreiben?;

\this here sb/ sth (fam: drawing attention to) diese(r, s);

I've slept in \this here bed for forty years ich schlafe seit vierzig Jahren in diesem Bett;

the cat has always liked \this old chair of mine/ my mother's die Katze mochte immer meinen alten Stuhl/den alten Stuhl meiner Mutter

2) ( close in future) diese(r, s);

I'm busy all \this week ich habe die ganze Woche keine Zeit;

I'll do it \this Monday/ week/ month/ year ich erledige es diesen Montag/diese Woche/diesen Monat/dieses Jahr;

( of today)

\this morning/ evening heute Morgen/Abend;

how are you \this morning? wie geht es dir heute?;

( just past)

I haven't made my bed \this last week ich habe die ganze letzte Woche mein Bett nicht gemacht;

\this minute sofort;

stop fighting \this minute hört sofort auf zu raufen

3) ( referring to specific) diese(r, s);

she was not long for \this world ihre Tage waren gezählt;

don't listen to \this guy hör nicht auf diesen Typen;

by \this time dann;

I'd been waiting for over an hour and by \this time, I was very cold and wet ich hatte über eine Stunde gewartet und war dann total unterkühlt und durchnässt

4) (fam: a) diese(r, s);

\this friend of hers dieser Freund von ihr ( fam)

\this lady came up to me and asked me where I got my tie da kam so eine Frau auf mich zu und fragte mich nach meiner Krawatte;

we met \this girl in the hotel wir trafen dieses Mädchen im Hotel;

I've got \this problem and I need help ich habe da so ein Problem und brauche Hilfe

PHRASES:

watch \this space ( Brit) man darf gespannt sein pron

1) ( the thing here) das;

\this is my purse not yours das ist meine Geldbörse, nicht Ihre;

\this is the one I wanted das hier ist das, was ich wollte;

is \this your bag? ist das deine Tasche?

2) ( the person here) das;

\this is my husband, Stefan das ist mein Ehemann Stefan;

\this is the captain speaking hier spricht der Kapitän

3) ( this matter here) das;

what's \this? was soll das?;

what's all \this about? was soll das [Ganze] hier?;

\this is what I was talking about davon spreche ich ja;

my parents are always telling me to do \this, do that - I can't stand it anymore meine Eltern sagen mir immer, ich soll dies oder jenes tun - ich halte das nicht mehr aus

4) ( present time)

how can you laugh at a time like \this? wie kannst du in einem solchen Moment lachen?;

\this is Monday, not Tuesday heute ist Montag, nicht Dienstag;

\this has been a very pleasant evening das war ein sehr angenehmer Abend;

from that day to \this seit damals;

before \this früher;

I thought you'd have finished before \this ich dachte, du würdest schneller fertig

5) ( with an action) das;

every time I do \this, it hurts - what do you think is wrong? jedes Mal, wenn ich das mache, tut es weh - was, denken Sie, fehlt mir?;

like \this so;

if you do it like \this, it'll work better wenn du das so machst, funktioniert es besser

6) ( the following) das;

\this is my address... meine Adresse lautet...;

listen to \this... how does it sound? hör dir das an... wie klingt das?

PHRASES:

\this and that [or \this, that and the other] ( fam) dies und das;

they stayed up chatting about \this and that sie blieben auf und plauderten über dies und das adv

inv so;

“it was only about \this high off the ground,” squealed Paul excitedly „es war nur so hoch über dem Boden“, rief Paul aufgeregt;

will \this much be enough for you? ist das genug für dich?;

he's not used to \this much attention er ist so viel Aufmerksamkeit nicht gewöhnt;

\this far and no further (a. fig) bis hierher und nicht weiter

English-German students dictionary > this
15 this

[ðıs] pron (pl these)
А demonstr

1. 1) это

what is this? - что это?

who is this? - кто это?

perhaps these are they - может быть, это они

these are my children - это мои дети

this is a free country - это свободная страна; мы находимся в свободной стране

these are things we cannot do without - таковы вещи, без которых мы не можем обойтись; без этих вещей нам не обойтись

2) это, этого и т. д.; вот что

you will be sorry for this - вы пожалеете об этом

the thing is this - дело вот в чём

this is what he told me - вот что он мне сказал

this is what I think - вот каково моё мнение, вот что я думаю

what is all this? - что всё это значит?

I don't like this at all - мне это совершенно не нравится

this is how it came about - вот как это получилось

I'll think about this - я об этом подумаю

this is why I object to your plan - вот почему я возражаю против вашего плана

this is where he lives - вот где он живёт, он живёт (вот) здесь

3) в противопоставлении that это

will you have this or that? - вы хотите этого или того?

the bicycles are very much alike but this is new and that is old - велосипеды очень похожи, но этот - новый, а тот - старый

4) эмоц.-усил. разг. это; ну и ну, вот это да

this is a regular ice-house! - ну и холод /холодище/ же в этом доме!

this is the time to speak - сейчас самое время высказаться; настало время сказать всё; вот когда нужно всё сказать

they are no ordinary houses, these - это тебе не простые дома

5) в сочетании с предлогом редк. разг. это место, здесь

you filthy beast, get out of this - грязное животное, убирайся отсюда!

2. последнее ( из двух вышеупомянутых); второе

dogs are more faithful animals than cats - these attach themselves to places and those to persons - собаки более преданные животные, чем кошки: первые /они/ привязываются к людям, тогда как последние привыкают к месту

Б в грам. знач. сущ.

такой-то; такая-то

I don't want the opinion of Mrs. This or Mrs. That - меня не интересует мнение (г-жи) такой-то или (г-жи) такой-то

В в грам. знач. прил.

1. 1) этот, эта, это

in this place - в этом месте; здесь

for this reason - по этой причине

look at this picture - посмотрите на эту картину

by this time he was far away - к этому /к тому/ времени он был (уже) далеко

in this country - в этой или нашей стране ( в которой мы находимся)

this morning [afternoon] - сегодня утром [днём]

this week [month, year] - на этой неделе [в этом месяце, в этом году]

this (very) moment - в данный момент; как раз сейчас

one of these days - (как-нибудь) на днях [ср. тж. ♢ ]

this day last [next] year - в этот самый день в прошлом [будущем] году

I'll come this day week - я приду в этот же день через неделю

this 20th of September - 20 сентября этого /текущего/ года

2) нынешний; настоящий

this prime minister - нынешний премьер-министр

in this day and age - в наши дни

this new pen of mine writes very well - моё новое перо очень хорошо пишет

what did you do this Christmas? - как вы провели нынешнее рождество?

3) в противопоставлении that этот, эта, это [см. that I В 1, 2)]

4) эмоц.-усил. (ох уж) этот, (ох уж) эта и т. п.

this my work! - уж эта моя работа!

in this their first campaign - в этой их первой кампании

what's all this noise? - что это (ещё) за шум?; что здесь (такое) происходит?

5) в сочетании с here прост. этот вот, эта вот и т. п.

this here house - этот вот дом

2. часто в сочетании с собственным именем эмоц.-усил. разг. пренебр. этот, эта, это

has this Mrs. Jones been here the whole morning? - эта вот миссис Джонс была здесь целое утро?

he's one of these artist chaps - он актёришка из этих

3. ( о времени)

1) эти (последние)

this /these/ three weeks - эти (последние) три недели

this many a day - уже много дней, давно

I have not seen her this long time - я не видел её уже давно [ср. тж. Г]

he has been dead these two years - он уже два года как умер

2) эти (ближайшие)

I shall not be ready this half hour - я ещё не буду готов в ближайшие полчаса

Г в грам. знач. нареч. разг.

так; до такой степени

this high - вот такой высоты

this far - вот до этого места

this long - вот такой длины [ср. тж. В 3, 1)]

this much - столько-то

I know this much, that the thing is absurd - я по крайней мере знаю, что это абсурд

♢

this and that - а) то да сё; б) тот или другой /иной/; speaking of this and that - говоря о том о сём /о том и о другом/

this reader or that may disagree with the author - тот или иной читатель может не согласиться с автором

this, that and the other - то одно, то другое, то третье; одно да другое; всевозможные вещи

this way - сюда

this way and that - а) туда и сюда; б) так или иначе

like this - так, вот так; таким образом

it was like this - дело было так

do it like this - делай это так

you must not behave like this - не следует так поступать

by this - к этому времени

he ought to be here by this - ему пора бы уже быть здесь

before this - прежде я уже об этом (раньше) слышал

this side (of) - раньше, до (чего-л.)

this side of midnight - до полуночи

with /at, upon/ this - при этом, сказав это, с этими словами

with /at/ this he got up and went out - и тут /и затем, с этими словами/ он встал и вышел

in these days - в наши дни [ср. тж. В 1, 1)]

this is Mr. Smith - позвольте представить вам г-на Смита

НБАРС > this
16 work

1. n
1) рабо́та ж; труд м

2) произведе́ние с

work of art — произведе́ние иску́сства

3) результа́т (де́ятельности)

nice work! — непло́хо сде́лано!

- work camp
- work clothes
- work ethics
- work farm
- work force
- work sheet
- work team
- work train
- at work
- give smb the works
- out of work
- works 2. v
1) рабо́тать; де́йствовать, функциони́ровать

where do you work? — где вы рабо́таете?

what are you working at? — над чем вы рабо́таете?

2) де́лать уси́лия

work for peace — защища́ть мир

3) де́йствовать

it works by electricity — рабо́тает на электроэне́ргии

this method won't work here — э́тот ме́тод здесь непримени́м

4) эксплуати́ровать (чей-л. труд, аппарат)

he works his staff very hard — он заставля́ет свои́х сотру́дников мно́го рабо́тать

5) взбива́ть, меси́ть, меша́ть (тесто, масло и т.п.)

work the mixture into paste — преврати́ть э́ту смесь в па́сту

- work in
- work off
- work out
- work over
- work up

The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > work
17 this

1. n

такий-то; така-то

2. adj

цей, ця, це

in this place — у цьому місці; тут

in this country — у цій (у нашій) країні

this morning — сьогодні вранці

this week — на цьому тижні

this year — у цьому році

this very moment — у цю мить, саме зараз

this day last year — у цей самий день торік

this day next year — у цей самий день наступного року

3. adv

так; до такої міри

this far — ось до цього місця

this high — ось такої висоти

this long — ось такої довжини

this much — от стільки

4. pron demonstr. (pl these)

це

what is this? — що це?

who is this? — хто це?

what is all this? — що усе це означає?

this is what he told me — ось що він сказав мені

this and that — а) той або інший; б) те та се

this way — сюди

this way and that — а) туди й назад; б) так чи інакше

like this — так, таким чином

it was like this — а було це так

by this — на той час

before this — колись, раніше

this is Mr. Smith — дозвольте познайомити вас з паном Смітом

* * *
[pis]
1) pron (pl these) А dem

2) це

what is this — є що цеє

who is this — є хто це

this is a free country — це вільна країна; це, цього; от що

you will be sorry for this — ви пошкодуєте про це

the thing is this — справа от у чому

what is all this — є що всі це значитьє

this is where he lives — от де він живе, він живе (от) тут; у протиставленні that це

will you have this or that — є ви хочете цього або тогоє; це; ну е ну, от

this is the time to speak — зараз самий час висловитися; прийшов час сказати все; от коли потрібно все сказати; у сполученні із прийменником це місце, тут

3) останнє ( із двох вищезгаданих); друге

dogs are more faithful animals than cats- these attach themselves to places and those to persons — собаки більше віддані тварини, чим кішки: перші /вони/ звикають до людей, тоді як останні - до місця Б iм. такий-то

I don't want the opinion of Mrs. This or Mrs. That — мене не цікавить думка ( пані) такої-то або (пані) такої-то В пpикм.

4) цей, ця, це

in this place — в цьому місці; тут

for this reason — з цієї причини

this morning [afternoon] — сьогодні ранком [удень]

this (very) moment — у цей момент; саме зараз

one of these days — ( як-небудь) днями [порівн. тж. О]

this day last [next]year — в цей самий день у минулому [майбутньому]року; нинішній; діючий; чинний

this prime minister — чинний прем'єр-міністр; у протиставлення that той, та, те ; ( ох вже) цей, ( ох вже) ця

this my work! — Ох вже моя робота!

what's all this noise — є що це (ще) за шумє; що тут ( таке) відбуваєтьсяє; у сполученні з

here — звичн. ось це,

this here house — атот от будинок

5) часто в сполученні із власним ім'ям зневаж. цей, ця, це

6) ( про час) ці ( останні)

this /these/ three weeks — ці ( останні) три тижні

I have not seen her this long time — я не бачив її вже давно [порівн. тж. Г]; ці ( найближчі)

I shall not be ready this half hour — я ще не буду готовий у найближчі півгодини Г присл, так; настільки

this high — от такої висоти

this far — ось до цього місця

this long — ось такої довжини [порівн. тж. В 3, 1]

this much — скільки-то

I know this much, that the thing is absurd — я принаймні знаю, що це абсурд

this and that — так, так, те е се той або інший

speaking of this and that — говорячи про те, про се /про те, про інше/

this way — сюди

this way and that — туди е сюди; так чи інакше

like this — так, от так; у такий спосіб

by this — до цього часу

before this — колись, раніше

this side (of) — раніше, до ( чогось)

this side of midnight — до півночі

with /at, upon/ this — при цьому, сказавши це, з цими словами

with /at/ this he got up and went out, — тут /, потім, з цими словами/ він встав та вийшов

in these days y — наші дні [порівн. тж. В 1, 7]

this is Mr. Smith — дозвольте відрекомендувати вам пана Смита

English-Ukrainian dictionary > this
18 this

[pis]
1) pron (pl these) А dem

2) це

what is this — є що цеє

who is this — є хто це

this is a free country — це вільна країна; це, цього; от що

you will be sorry for this — ви пошкодуєте про це

the thing is this — справа от у чому

what is all this — є що всі це значитьє

this is where he lives — от де він живе, він живе (от) тут; у протиставленні that це

will you have this or that — є ви хочете цього або тогоє; це; ну е ну, от

this is the time to speak — зараз самий час висловитися; прийшов час сказати все; от коли потрібно все сказати; у сполученні із прийменником це місце, тут

3) останнє ( із двох вищезгаданих); друге

dogs are more faithful animals than cats- these attach themselves to places and those to persons — собаки більше віддані тварини, чим кішки: перші /вони/ звикають до людей, тоді як останні - до місця Б iм. такий-то

I don't want the opinion of Mrs. This or Mrs. That — мене не цікавить думка ( пані) такої-то або (пані) такої-то В пpикм.

4) цей, ця, це

in this place — в цьому місці; тут

for this reason — з цієї причини

this morning [afternoon] — сьогодні ранком [удень]

this (very) moment — у цей момент; саме зараз

one of these days — ( як-небудь) днями [порівн. тж. О]

this day last [next]year — в цей самий день у минулому [майбутньому]року; нинішній; діючий; чинний

this prime minister — чинний прем'єр-міністр; у протиставлення that той, та, те ; ( ох вже) цей, ( ох вже) ця

this my work! — Ох вже моя робота!

what's all this noise — є що це (ще) за шумє; що тут ( таке) відбуваєтьсяє; у сполученні з

here — звичн. ось це,

this here house — атот от будинок

5) часто в сполученні із власним ім'ям зневаж. цей, ця, це

6) ( про час) ці ( останні)

this /these/ three weeks — ці ( останні) три тижні

I have not seen her this long time — я не бачив її вже давно [порівн. тж. Г]; ці ( найближчі)

I shall not be ready this half hour — я ще не буду готовий у найближчі півгодини Г присл, так; настільки

this high — от такої висоти

this far — ось до цього місця

this long — ось такої довжини [порівн. тж. В 3, 1]

this much — скільки-то

I know this much, that the thing is absurd — я принаймні знаю, що це абсурд

this and that — так, так, те е се той або інший

speaking of this and that — говорячи про те, про се /про те, про інше/

this way — сюди

this way and that — туди е сюди; так чи інакше

like this — так, от так; у такий спосіб

by this — до цього часу

before this — колись, раніше

this side (of) — раніше, до ( чогось)

this side of midnight — до півночі

with /at, upon/ this — при цьому, сказавши це, з цими словами

with /at/ this he got up and went out, — тут /, потім, з цими словами/ він встав та вийшов

in these days y — наші дні [порівн. тж. В 1, 7]

this is Mr. Smith — дозвольте відрекомендувати вам пана Смита

English-Ukrainian dictionary > this
19 this

ðɪs мест.;
указ. этот, эта, это а) указывает на лицо, понятие, событие, предмет, действие, близкие по месту или времени в противоположность that б) указывает на что-л., уже известное говорящему this house парл. ≈ эта палата (палата общин или лордов в зависимости от того, к какой палате обращается выступающий) Take this book and I'll take that one. ≈ Возьмите эту книгу, а я возьму ту. this, that and the other ≈ то одно, то другое, то третье это - what is *? что это? - who is *? кто это? - perhaps these are they может быть, это они - these are my children это мои дети - * is a free country это свободная страна, мы находимся в свободной стране - these are things we cannot do without таковы вещи, без которых мы не можем обойтись;
без этих вещей нам не обойтись это, этого и т.д.;
вот что - you will be sorry for * вы пожалеете об этом - the thing is * дело вот в чем - * is what he told me вот что он мне сказал - * is what I think вот каково мое мнение, вот что я думаю - what is all *? что все это значит? - I don't like * at all мне это совершенно не нравится - * is how it came about вот как это получилось - I'll think about * я об этом подумаю - * is why I object to your plan вот почему я возражаю против вашего плана - * is where he lives вот где он живет, он живет ( вот) здесь в противопоставлении that: это - will you have * or that? вы хотите этого или того? - the bicycles are very much alike but * is new and that is old велосипеды очень похожи, но этот - новый, а тот - старый( эмоционально-усилительно) (разговорное) это;
ну и ну, вот это да - * is a regular ice-house! ну и холод /холодище/ же в этом доме! - * is the time to speak сейчас самое время высказаться;
настало время сказать все;
вот когда нужно все сказать - they are no ordinary houses, these это тебе не простые дома в сочетании с предлогом (редкое) (разговорное) это место, здесь - you filthy beast, get out of * грязное животное, убирайся отсюда! последнее( из двух вышеупомянутых) ;
второе - dogs are more faithful animals than cats - these attach themselves to places and those to persons собаки более преданные животные, чем кошки;
первые /они/ привязываются к людям, тогда как последние привыкают к месту в грам. знач. сущ.: такой-то;
такая-то - I don't want the opinion of Mrs.T. or Mrs.That меня не интересует мнение (г-жи) такой-то или (г-жи) такой-то в грам. знач. прил.: этот, эта, это - in * place в этом месте;
здесь - for * reason по этой причине - look at * picture посмотрите на эту картину - by * time he was far away к этому /к тому/ времени он был уже далеко - in * country в этой или нашей стране (в которой мы находимся) - * morning сегодня утром - * week на этой неделе - * (very) moment в данный момент;
как раз сейчас - one of these days (как-нибудь) на днях - * day last year в этот самый день в прошлом году - I'll come * day week я приду в этот же день через неделю - * 20th of September 20 сентября этого /текущего/ года нынешний;
настоящий - * prime minister нынешний премьер-министр - in * day and age в наши дни - * new pen of mine writes very well мое новое перо очень хорошо пишет - what did you do * Christmas? как вы провели нынешнее рождество? в противопоставлении that этот, эта, это (эмоционально-усилительно) (ох уж) этот, (ох уж) эта и т. п. - * my work! уж эта моя работа! - in * their first campaign в этой их первой кампании - what's all * noise? что это (еще) за шум?;
что здесь (такое) происходит? в сочетании с here (просторечие) этот вот, эта вот и т. п. - * here house этот вот дом часто в сочетании с собственным именем( эмоционально-усилительно) (разговорное) (пренебрежительное) этот, эта, это - has * Mrs. Jones been here the whole morning? эта вот миссис Джонс была здесь целое утро? - he's one of these artist chaps он актеришка из этих (о времени) эти (последние) - * /these/ three weeks эти (последние) три недели - * many a day уже много дней, давно - I have not seen her * long time я не видел ее уже давно - he has been dead these two years он уже два года как умер (о времени) эти (ближайшие) - I shall not be ready * half hour я еще не буду готов в ближайшие полчаса в грам. знач. нареч.: (разговорное) так;
до такой степени - * high вот такой высоты - * far вот до этого места - * long вот такой длины - * much столько-то - I know * much, that the thing is absurd я по крайней мере знаю, что это абсурд > * and that то да се;
тот или другой /иной/ > speaking of * and that говоря о том о сем /о том и о другом/ > * reader or that may disagree with the author тот или иной читатель может не согласиться с автором > *, that and the other то одно, то другое, то третье;
одно да другое;
всевозможные вещи > * way сюда > * way and that туда и сюда;
так или иначе > like * так, вот так;
таким образом > it was like * дело было так > do it like * делай это так > you must not behave like * не следует так поступать > by * к этому времени > he ought to be here by * ему пора бы уже быть здесь > before * прежде, раньше > I had heard of it before * я уже об этом (раньше) слышал > * side (of) раньше, до (чего-л.) > * side of midnight до полуночи > with /at, upon/ * при этом, сказав это, с этими словами > with /at/ * he got up and went out и тут /и затем, с этими словами/ он встал и вышел > in these days в наши дни > * is Mr. Smith позвольте представить вам г-на Смита this, that and the other то одно, то другое, то третье;
by this к этому времени failing ~ в случае отсутствия этого failing ~ ввиду отсутствия этого failing ~ за неимением этого I know ~ much, that ~ story is exaggerated я знаю по крайней мере то, что эта история преувеличена;
this long так долго ~ side of midnight до полуночи;
this way сюда;
like this так, вот так;
таким образом the meeting isn't going to last ~ long собрание не продлится так уж долго;
this side (of) раньше, до (определенного срока) ~ pron demonstr. (pl these) этот, эта, это that: take this book and I'll take that one возьмите эту книгу, а я возьму ту this, that and the other то одно, то другое, то третье;
by this к этому времени I know ~ much, that ~ story is exaggerated я знаю по крайней мере то, что эта история преувеличена;
this long так долго these days в наши дни;
this week на этой неделе ~ many a day давно, уже много дней;
these ten minutes эти десять минут ~ country страна, в которой мы живем, находимся (обыкн. переводится названием страны, в которой находится говорящий или пишущий) ~ day week (month, year) ровно через неделю (месяц, год) ;
this day last week ровно неделю назад ~ day week (month, year) ровно через неделю (месяц, год) ;
this day last week ровно неделю назад ~ house парл. эта палата (палата общин или лордов в зависимости от того, к какой палате обращается выступающий) ~ pron demonstr. (pl these) этот, эта, это this is what I think вот что я думаю I know ~ much, that ~ story is exaggerated я знаю по крайней мере то, что эта история преувеличена;
this long так долго ~ many a day давно, уже много дней;
these ten minutes эти десять минут ~ will never do это (никак) не годится, не подходит;
this much столько-то the meeting isn't going to last ~ long собрание не продлится так уж долго;
this side (of) раньше, до (определенного срока) ~ side of midnight до полуночи;
this way сюда;
like this так, вот так;
таким образом ~ side of midnight до полуночи;
this way сюда;
like this так, вот так;
таким образом way: ~ сторона, направление;
look this way посмотрите сюда;
this way, please( пройдите) сюда, пожалуйста;
(are you) going my way? нам по пути?;
the other way round наоборот these days в наши дни;
this week на этой неделе ~ will never do это (никак) не годится, не подходит;
this much столько-то

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20 -Bereavement and time off work-

At work Bereavement and time off work
Where's Jim this morning? Dov'è Jim stamattina?

He's not coming in to work today, he's had some terrible news. Non viene al lavoro oggi, ha ricevuto una notizia terribile.

What's happened? Cos'è successo?

His father passed away last night. Suo padre è mancato ieri sera.

He rang in this morning to let me know he'd need some time off. Ha chiamato stamattina per farmi sapere che ha bisogno di qualche giorno libero.

What did he say? Che cosa ha detto?

He was pretty cut up, as you might expect. Era proprio a pezzi, come puoi immaginare.

How old was his father? Quanti anni aveva suo padre?

His father was only 59. Suo padre aveva solo 59 anni.

What did he die of? Di cosa è morto?

He died of a heart attack. È morto per un attacco cardiaco.

He's going to have to go up to Bolton to help his mother organize the funeral. Dovrà andare a Bolton per aiutare sua madre a organizzare il funerale.

When's the funeral? Quand'è il funerale?

I'd expect the funeral to be in the middle of next week sometime. Suppongo che il funerale sarà verso la metà della settimana prossima.

The burial is usually a week to ten days after death. Il funerale di solito si svolge una settimana o dieci giorni dopo la morte.

I told him to take off as much time as he needs. Gli ho detto di prendersi tutto il tempo di cui ha bisogno.

I'll give him a ring and give him my condolences. Lo chiamerò per fargli le mie condoglianze.

It was such a shock to hear the news. Ricevere questa notizia è stato uno shock.

It came as a complete shock. È stato un vero shock.

You have my deepest sympathies. Le mie più sentite condoglianze.

If there's anything I can do to help, just ask. Se c'è qualcosa che posso fare basta chiedere.

I'll get on to the temp agency now. Contatto un'agenzia di lavoro temporaneo.

He could be away for a while. Potrebbe stare via per parecchio tempo.

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