to work its way into

to go to o set to o get to work mettersi al lavoro; to set to work doing mettersi a fare; to put a lot of work into dedicare molto impegno a [essay, meal, preparations]; to put o set sb. to work mettere qcn. al lavoro, fare lavorare qcn.; we put him to work doing l'abbiamo messo a fare; it was hard work doing è stato difficile o è stata una fatica fare; to be hard at work lavorare sodo, darci dentro col lavoro; your essay needs more work il tuo compito ha bisogno di altro lavoro; to make short o light work of sth. liquidare o sbrigare qcs. velocemente; to make short work of sb. liquidare qcn. o levarsi qcn. di torno rapidamente; it's all in a day's work è roba d'ordinaria amministrazione, fa parte del lavoro; it's hot, thirsty work — fa venire caldo, sete

to be in work — avere un lavoro o un'occupazione

to be off work — (on vacation) essere in ferie, in permesso

to be out of work — essere disoccupato o senza lavoro

to go to work — andare al lavoro o a lavorare

to take one's work home — portarsi il lavoro a casa; fig. portarsi il lavoro, i problemi del lavoro a casa

is this all your own work? — è tutta opera tua? (more informal) l'hai fatto tu?

to go to work — [drug, detergent] agire

to work sb. hard — fare lavorare sodo o fare sgobbare qcn

to work one's way through — consumare [amount, quantity]

to work wonders — fare meraviglie (anche fig.)

to work sth. into — infilare qcs. in [slot, hole]

to work one's way through — aprirsi un passaggio tra, farsi largo tra [ crowd]

to work one's way along — avanzare lungo [ ledge]

it worked its way loose it worked itself loose si è allentato (poco a poco); to work its way into — passare, entrare in [bloodstream, system]

to work at the hospital — lavorare in o all'ospedale

to work in oils — [ artist] dipingere a olio

to work towards — adoperarsi per, lavorare per raggiungere [solution, compromise]

to work on electricity — funzionare o andare a corrente elettrica

to go to o set to o get to work mettersi al lavoro; to set to work doing mettersi a fare; to put a lot of work into dedicare molto impegno a [essay, meal, preparations]; to put o set sb. to work mettere qcn. al lavoro, fare lavorare qcn.; we put him to work doing l'abbiamo messo a fare; it was hard work doing è stato difficile o è stata una fatica fare; to be hard at work lavorare sodo, darci dentro col lavoro; your essay needs more work il tuo compito ha bisogno di altro lavoro; to make short o light work of sth. liquidare o sbrigare qcs. velocemente; to make short work of sb. liquidare qcn. o levarsi qcn. di torno rapidamente; it's all in a day's work è roba d'ordinaria amministrazione, fa parte del lavoro; it's hot, thirsty work — fa venire caldo, sete

to be in work — avere un lavoro o un'occupazione

to be off work — (on vacation) essere in ferie, in permesso

to be out of work — essere disoccupato o senza lavoro

to go to work — andare al lavoro o a lavorare

to take one's work home — portarsi il lavoro a casa; fig. portarsi il lavoro, i problemi del lavoro a casa

is this all your own work? — è tutta opera tua? (more informal) l'hai fatto tu?

to go to work — [drug, detergent] agire

to work sb. hard — fare lavorare sodo o fare sgobbare qcn

to work one's way through — consumare [amount, quantity]

to work wonders — fare meraviglie (anche fig.)

to work sth. into — infilare qcs. in [slot, hole]

to work one's way through — aprirsi un passaggio tra, farsi largo tra [ crowd]

to work one's way along — avanzare lungo [ ledge]

it worked its way loose it worked itself loose si è allentato (poco a poco); to work its way into — passare, entrare in [bloodstream, system]

to work at the hospital — lavorare in o all'ospedale

to work in oils — [ artist] dipingere a olio

to work towards — adoperarsi per, lavorare per raggiungere [solution, compromise]

to work on electricity — funzionare o andare a corrente elettrica

across or over the way — gegenüber

ask the or one's way — nach dem Weg fragen

ask the way to... — fragen od. sich erkundigen, wo es nach... geht

pick one's way — sich (Dat.) einen Weg suchen

lead the way — vorausgehen; (fig.): (show how to do something) es vormachen

find the or one's way in/out — den Eingang/Ausgang finden

find a way out — (fig.) einen Ausweg finden

I'll take the letter to the post office - it's on my way — ich bringe den Brief zur Post - sie liegt auf meinem Weg

go to Italy by way of Switzerland — über die Schweiz nach Italien fahren

there's no way out — (fig.) es gibt keinen Ausweg

go one's own way/their separate ways — (fig.) eigene/getrennte Wege gehen

be going somebody's way — (coll.) denselben Weg wie jemand haben

things are really going my way at the moment — (fig.) im Moment läuft [bei mir] alles so, wie ich es mir vorgestellt habe

money came his way — er kam zu Geld

go out of one's way to collect something for somebody — einen Umweg machen, um etwas für jemanden abzuholen

go out of one's way to be helpful — sich (Dat.) besondere Mühe geben, hilfsbereit zu sein

that is not the way to do it — so macht man das nicht

do it this way — mach es so

do it my way — mach es wie ich

that's no way to speak to a lady — so spricht man nicht mit einer Dame

he has a strange way of talking — er hat eine seltsame Sprechweise od. Art zu sprechen

from or by the way [that] she looked at me, I knew that there was something wrong — an ihrem Blick konnte ich erkennen, dass etwas nicht stimmte

find a or some way of doing something — einen Weg finden, etwas zu tun

there are no two ways about it — da gibt es gar keinen Zweifel

Are you going to give me that money? - No way! — (coll.) Gibst du mir das Geld? - Nichts da! (ugs.)

no way is he coming with us — es kommt überhaupt nicht in Frage, dass er mit uns kommt

ways and means [to do something or of doing something] — Mittel und Wege, etwas zu tun

be built or made that way — (fig. coll.) so gestrickt sein (fig. ugs.)

be that way — (coll.) so sein

get or have one's [own] way, have it one's [own] way — seinen Willen kriegen

all right, have it your own way[, then]! — na gut od. schön, du sollst deinen Willen haben!

a little way — ein kleines Stück[chen]; (fig.) ein klein[es] bisschen

it's a long way off or a long way from here — es ist ein ganzes Stück von hier aus; es ist weit weg von hier

the summer holidays are only a little way away — bis zu den Sommerferien ist es nicht mehr lange

there's [still] some way to go yet — es ist noch ein ganzes Stück; (fig.) es dauert noch ein Weilchen

I went a little/a long/some way to meet him — ich bin ihm ein kleines/ganzes/ziemliches Stück entgegengegangen/-gefahren usw., um mich mit ihm zu treffen; (fig.) ich bin ihm etwas/sehr/ziemlich entgegengekommen

have gone/come a long way — (fig.) es weit gebracht haben

a little kindness goes a long way — ein bisschen Freundlichkeit ist viel wert od. hilft viel

go all the way [with somebody] — (fig.) [jemandem] in jeder Hinsicht zustimmen; (coll.): (have full sexual intercourse) es [mit jemandem] richtig machen (salopp)

leave the way open for something — (fig.) etwas möglich machen

clear the way [for something] — (lit. or fig.) [einer Sache (Dat.)] den Weg freimachen

be in somebody's or the way — [jemandem] im Weg sein

get in somebody's way — (lit. or fig.) jemandem im Wege stehen

put difficulties/obstacles in somebody's way — (fig.) jemandem Schwierigkeiten bereiten/Hindernisse in den Weg legen

make way for something — für etwas Platz schaffen od. (fig.) machen

[get] out of the/my way! — [geh] aus dem Weg!

get something out of the way — (settle something) etwas erledigen

on his way to the office/London — auf dem Weg ins Büro/nach London

she is just on the or her way in/out — sie kommt/geht gerade

be on the way out — (fig. coll.) (be losing popularity) passee sein (ugs.); (be reaching end of life) [Hund, Auto, Person:] es nicht mehr lange machen (ugs.)

[be] on your way! — nun geh schon!

all this is by the way — das alles nur nebenbei