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to work sb to death

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1 work smth. to death

см. do smth. to death

Concise English-Russian phrasebook > work smth. to death
2 work oneself to death

1) Общая лексика: работать на износ

2) Макаров: свести себя в могилу непосильным трудом

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > work oneself to death
3 work oneself to death

expr.

sich zu Tode arbeiten ausdr.

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4 to work oneself to death

to work oneself to death

matarse trabajando

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5 you work yourself to death

you work yourself to death

você se mata (trabalhando).

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6 to work somebody to death

nostrādināt kādu līdz nāvei

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7 to work oneself to death

работать на износ/выматываться

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to work oneself to death
8 to work smb to death

заездить кого-либо до смерти

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to work smb to death
9 ■ work to

■ work to
v. i. + prep.

1 lavorare secondo: to work to a plan, lavorare secondo un piano; pianificare il proprio lavoro

2 lavorare ascoltando: to work to music, lavorare ascoltando della musica □ to work sb. to death, sfiancare q. dal lavoro □ (fam.) to work one's fingers to the bone, ammazzarsi di lavoro □ to work st. to death, fondere (un apparecchio, usandolo in modo intenso) □ (econ.) to work to rule, fare uno sciopero bianco □ (org. az.) to work to a timetable, rispettare i tempi (o le scadenze).

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10 ♦ death

♦ death /dɛɵ/
n. [uc]

1 morte ( anche fig.); decesso: The cause of death was given as asphyxiation, hanno dichiarato che la causa della morte è stata l'asfissia; death by drowning, morte per annegamento; to bleed to death, morire dissanguato; to be burned to death, essere arso vivo; morire (in un incendio): Many people were burnt to death in the fire, molte persone perirono nell'incendio; to beat sb. to death, picchiare a morte q.; to choke to death, morire soffocato; to crush to death, uccidere ( schiacciando); stritolare; bored to death, annoiato a morte; to condemn (o to sentence) to death, condannare a morte; sudden death, morte improvvisa; untimely death, morte prematura; violent death, morte violenta; They escaped death by inches, sono scampati alla morte per pochissimo; Deaths from cancer have risen sharply, le morti per cancro sono aumentate notevolmente; the death of my hopes, la fine delle mie speranze; the death of Communism, la morte del comunismo; The factory closures spelled the death of the town, la chiusura delle fabbriche ha segnato la fine della città; at the point of death, in punto di morte; (leg.) death certificate, certificato di morte

2 (pl.) ( nei giornali) necrologi

● (zool.) death adder ( Acanthophis antarcticus), vipera della morte □ death benefit, indennità per morte ( sul lavoro o per causa di servizio); assegno funerario; prestazione per il caso di morte ( a vantaggio del beneficiario di una polizza vita) □ ( anche fig.) death blow, colpo mortale □ death camp, campo di sterminio □ death cap ( Amanita phalloides), tignosa verdognola □ death cell, cella della morte □ (fisc., stor., in GB) death duty, imposta di successione □ (in GB) death grant, indennità per morte; assegno funerario ( per la morte di un congiunto) □ death's-head, testa di morto, teschio □ (zool.) death's-head moth ( Acherontia atropos), acheronzia; sfinge testa di morto □ death knell, rintocco funebre: (fig.) The arrival of automation sounded the death knell of traditional farming, l'avvento dell'automazione ha segnato la condanna a morte delle tecniche di coltivazione tradizionali □ death mask, maschera mortuaria □ death notice, necrologio □ (leg.) death penalty, pena capitale; pena di morte □ (demogr.) death rate, tasso di mortalità □ death rattle, rantolo della morte □ ( nelle carceri) death row, braccio della morte □ (autom., slang USA) death seat, il “posto del morto” ( quello accanto al guidatore, considerato il più pericoloso) □ (leg., fig.) death sentence, sentenza di morte; sentenza capitale □ (polit.) death squad, squadra della morte □ death-stricken, colpito a morte □ (fisc., in USA) death tax, imposta di successione □ death threat, minaccia di morte □ death throes, agonia □ death toll, numero dei morti; bilancio delle vittime ( in un incidente, ecc.) □ death trap, ( di edificio, veicolo, ecc.) trappola mortale □ (leg.) death warrant, ordine di esecuzione di una condanna a morte □ (fig.) to sign sb. 's death warrant, segnare la condanna a morte di q.: This decision in effect signed his death warrant, questa decisione in pratica ha segnato la sua condanna a morte □ (psic.) death wish, desiderio di morire □ ( anche fig.) to be the death of sb., far morire q.: That girl be the death of me, quella ragazza mi farà morire (di crepacuore); If he doesn't slow down, this job will be the death of him, se non rallenta il ritmo, quel lavoro gli costerà la vita □ to be at death's door, avere la morte all'uscio; avere un piede nella fossa □ to catch one's death ( of cold), prendersi un malanno □ (antiq.) to do sb. to death, uccidere q. □ to do st. to death, fare (suonare, ecc.) fino alla nausea: That tune has been done to death, quel motivo è stato suonato fino alla nausea □ (fam.) to feel [look] like death warmed up, sentirsi [sembrare] uno straccio □ to frighten sb. to death, spaventare a morte q. □ to be frozen to death, morire di freddo □ to hold on (o to hung on) like grim death, tener duro; stare attaccato (o aggrappato) disperatamente □ to be in at the death, ( caccia) essere presente al momento dell'uccisione della volpe; (fig.) essere presente nel momento culminante d'un evento o al compimento di un'impresa □ to put sb. to death, mettere a morte q. □ to death, fino a morire; (fig.) da morire: to be starved to death, morire di fame; to be stoned to death, essere lapidato; to be bored to death, annoiarsi a morte; to be scared to death, essere morto di paura; to be sick to death of sb. [st.], essere stufo marcio di q. [qc.] □ to the death, fino alla morte; (fig.) all'ultimo sangue: a fight to the death, un combattimento all'ultimo sangue □ to work oneself to death, ammazzarsi di lavoro □ It is as sure as death, è più che sicuro.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ death
11 death

death [deθ]

noun

mort f; Administration & Law décès m;

∎ Press deaths (column) rubrique f nécrologique;

∎ his death came as a shock to me sa mort a été un choc pour moi;

∎ I was with him at the time of his death j'étais auprès de lui quand il est mort;

∎ how many deaths were there? combien y a-t-il eu de morts?;

∎ their deaths were caused by smoke inhalation leur mort a été causée ou provoquée par l'inhalation de fumée;

∎ a death in the family un décès dans la famille;

∎ police are treating the death as suspicious la police n'écarte pas l'hypothèse du meurtre;

∎ to fall/to jump to one's death se tuer en tombant/se jetant dans le vide;

∎ to freeze/to starve to death mourir de froid/de faim;

∎ to be beaten to death être battu à mort;

∎ to be burnt to death (accidentally) périr dans les flammes; (as form of martyrdom) périr sur le bûcher;

∎ to bleed to death perdre tout son sang;

∎ to fight to the death se battre à mort;

∎ to meet one's death trouver la mort;

∎ to meet an early death mourir jeune;

∎ to die a violent death mourir de mort violente;

∎ he died an easy death il n'a pas souffert;

∎ a quick death is preferable to days of agony mieux vaut mourir rapidement que d'agoniser pendant des jours;

∎ condemned to or under sentence of death condamné à mort;

∎ to sentence/to put sb to death condamner/mettre qn à mort;

∎ to send sb to his/her death envoyer qn à la mort;

∎ to smoke/to drink oneself to death se tuer à force de fumer/boire;

∎ to stab sb to death tuer qn à coups de couteau;

∎ to work sb to death tuer qn à force de surmenage;

∎ death to the Czar! mort au Tsar!;

∎ till death do us part (in marriage ceremony) jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare;

∎ one false move could mean death (for trapeze artist etc) un faux mouvement pourrait entraîner la mort;

∎ this means the death of the steel industry cela sonne le glas de la sidérurgie;

∎ figurative it's been done to death (play, subject for novel etc) ça a été fait et refait;

∎ figurative to discuss sth to death discuter de qch jusqu'à l'épuisement du sujet;

∎ familiar to look like death (warmed up) avoir une mine de déterré;

∎ familiar to feel like death (warmed up) être en piteux état^□ ;

∎ familiar to catch one's death (of cold) attraper la mort ou la crève;

∎ to be in at the death être là pour voir aboutir l'affaire, assister au dénouement; Hunting être à l'hallali;

∎ to die a horrible death avoir une mort atroce;

∎ familiar to be sick or tired to death of sb/sth en avoir ras le bol de qn/qch;

∎ familiar to be bored to death s'ennuyer à mourir;

∎ familiar to be worried/scared to death être mort d'inquiétude/de frousse;

∎ familiar you'll be the death of me! (with amusement) tu me feras mourir (de rire)!; (with irritation) tu es tuant!;

∎ that job will be the death of her ce travail la tuera;

∎ to be at death's door (patient) être à l'article de la mort;

∎ to die a thousand deaths (worry about somebody) mourir d'inquiétude; (worry about oneself) être mort de peur; (be embarrassed) mourir de honte;

∎ familiar to die a death (actor, film) faire un bide; (joke) tomber à plat; (idea, plan, hope) tomber à l'eau;

∎ death by misadventure mort f accidentelle;

∎ to hang or to hold or to cling on like grim death s'accrocher désespérément

►► Zoology death adder acanthopis m, serpent m de la mort;

death camp camp m de la mort;

Botany death cap amanite f phalloïde;

death cell cellule f de condamné à mort;

death certificate acte m ou certificat m de décès;

American death chamber (in prison) = local où l'on procède aux éxécutions capitales; (in home) chambre f du défunt;

British formerly Finance death duty droits mpl de succession;

Finance death in service benefit capital-décès m;

death knell glas m;

∎ figurative to sound the death knell for or of sth sonner le glas de qch;

death march marche f funèbre;

death mask masque m mortuaire;

death penalty peine f de mort, peine f capitale;

death rate taux m de mortalité;

death rattle râle m d'agonie;

death row quartier m des condamnés à mort;

∎ he's been on death row for ten years cela fait dix ans qu'il est au quartier des condamnés à mort;

American & Australian familiar death seat (in a vehicle) place f du mort;

death sentence condamnation f à mort;

death squad escadron m de la mort;

death star = arme métallique en forme d'étoile utilisée comme projectile;

American Finance death tax droits mpl de succession;

death throes agonie f; (painful) affres fpl de la mort; figurative agonie f;

∎ to be in one's death throes agoniser, être agonisant; (suffering) connaître les affres de la mort;

∎ figurative to be in its death throes (project, business etc) agoniser, être agonisant;

death toll nombre m de morts;

∎ the death toll stands at 567 il y a 567 morts, le bilan est de 567 morts;

death trap = véhicule ou endroit extrêmement dangereux;

∎ the building is a death trap l'édifice est extrêmement dangereux;

Death Valley la Vallée de la Mort;

death warrant ordre m d'exécution;

∎ figurative to sign one's own death warrant signer son propre arrêt de mort;

Psychology death wish désir m de mort;

∎ figurative he seems to have a death wish il faut croire qu'il est suicidaire

✾ Book ✾ Film 'Death in Venice' Mann, Visconti 'Mort à Venise'

✾ Book ✾ Film 'Death of a Salesman' Miller, Schlöndorff 'Mort d'un commis voyageur'

✾ Music ✾ Play ✾ Film 'Death and the Maiden' Schubert, Dorfmann, Polanski 'La Jeune fille et la mort'

ⓘ DEATH ROW "Death Row" est le surnom donné aux quartiers réservés aux condamnés à mort dans les prisons américaines. La peine de mort est l'objet d'une vive polémique aux États-Unis, où elle est autorisée dans 38 États. Dans les années soixante-dix, la constitutionnalité de la peine de mort fut remise en question; la Cour Suprême jugea qu'elle était souvent appliquée de façon arbitraire et plus de 600 détenus virent leur peine commuée. Par conséquent les condamnés à mort furent de plus en plus nombreux à demander à ce que leur cas soit réexaminé, ce qui aboutit au surpeuplement des quartiers réservés aux condamnés à mort. Au cours des dernières années, le nombre d'exécutions capitales a augmenté de façon spectaculaire dans certains États, notamment au Texas.

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12 death

death [deθ]

1. noun

mort f

• he fell to his death il est tombé et s'est tué

• to be at death's door être à l'article de la mort

• it will be the death of him (inf) il le paiera de sa vie

• he'll be the death of me! (inf) il me tuera !

• to look like death warmed up or warmed over (inf) (US) (inf) avoir l'air complètement nase (inf)

► to + death

• he was stabbed to death il est mort poignardé

• frozen to death mort de froid

• to starve/freeze to death mourir de faim/de froid

• to be scared/worried to death être mort de peur/d'inquiétude

• to be bored to death (inf) s'ennuyer à mourir

• I'm sick to death of all this (inf) j'en ai ras le bol de (inf) tout ça

• to bleed to death se vider de son sang

• he drank himself to death c'est la boisson qui l'a tué

• to sentence sb to death condamner qn à mort

• to put sb to death exécuter qn

• to fight to the death lutter jusqu'à la mort

• a fight to the death une lutte à mort

2. compounds

► death camp noun camp m de la mort

► death cell noun cellule f de condamné à mort

► death certificate noun acte m de décès

► death duties plural noun (British) droits mpl de succession

► death penalty noun peine f de mort

► death rate noun mortalité f

► death ray noun rayon m de la mort

► death row noun couloir m de la mort

• he's on death row il a été condamné à mort ► death sentence noun condamnation f à mort ; (figurative) arrêt m de mort

► death threat noun menace f de mort

► death toll noun nombre m des victimes

► death warrant noun ordre m d'exécution

• to sign one's own death warrant signer son arrêt de mort ► death wish noun attitude f suicidaire

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[deθ]
noun ( of person) mort f, décès m; fig anéantissement m

at (the time of) his death — à sa mort

a death in the family — un décès dans la famille

death by drowning — mort par noyade

to put somebody to death — exécuter quelqu'un

to the death — à mort

to drink/work oneself to death — se tuer en buvant/au travail

she fell to her death — elle s'est tuée en tombant

he met his death in a skiing accident — il a trouvé la mort dans un accident de ski

to die a violent death — mourir de mort violente

‘Deaths’ — ( newspaper column) ‘Nécrologie’

a fall would mean death — une chute serait fatale

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to die a ou the death — [fashion] disparaître complètement; [entertainer, play] faire un bide (colloq)

he'll be the death of me! — il me tuera!

it's a matter of life or death — c'est une question de vie ou de mort

to look like death warmed up — avoir l'air d'un cadavre ambulant

to be at death's door — être à (l'article de) la mort

to be worried/frightened to death — (colloq) être mort d'inquiétude/de peur

to frighten somebody to death — faire une peur bleue à quelqu'un (colloq)

to be bored to death — (colloq) s'ennuyer à mourir

I'm sick to death (colloq) of this! — j'en ai par-dessus la tête! (colloq)

you'll catch your death (of cold) — (colloq) tu vas attraper la crève (colloq)

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13 work

work [wɜ:k]

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1. noun

2. intransitive verb

3. transitive verb

4. compounds

5. Phrasal Verbs

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1. noun

   a. (gen) travail m

• to start work se mettre au travail

• he does his work well il travaille bien

• she put a lot of work into it elle y a consacré beaucoup de travail

• I'm trying to get some work done j'essaie de travailler

• work has begun on the new bridge ( = building it) on a commencé la construction du nouveau pont

• you'll have your work cut out for you vous allez avoir du travail

• office work travail m de bureau

• good work! ( = well done) bravo !

   b. ( = employment, place of employment) travail m

• he's looking for work il cherche du travail

• to go to work aller au travail

• on her way to work en allant à son travail

• he is in regular work il a un emploi régulier

► at work ( = at place of work) au travail

► out of work

• to be out of work être au chômage

• an increase in the numbers out of work une augmentation du nombre des demandeurs d'emploi► off work

• he's off work today il ne travaille pas aujourd'hui

• he has been off work for three days il est absent depuis trois jours

• I'll have to take time off work il va falloir que je prenne un congé

   c. ( = product) œuvre f

• his life's work l'œuvre f de sa vie

• it's obviously the work of a professional c'est manifestement un travail de professionnel

   d. (Art, literature, music) œuvre f ; ( = book on specific subject) ouvrage m

• the complete works of Shakespeare les œuvres fpl complètes de Shakespeare

• works of fiction ouvrages mpl de fiction

2. intransitive verb

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► For work + preposition/adverb combinations see also phrasal verbs.

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   a. (gen) travailler

• to work hard travailler dur

• he is working at his German il travaille son allemand

• he works in publishing il travaille dans l'édition

► to work on

• he worked on the car all morning il a travaillé sur la voiture toute la matinée

• have you solved the problem? -- we're working on it avez-vous résolu le problème ? -- on y travaille

• I've been working on him but haven't yet managed to persuade him j'ai bien essayé de le convaincre, mais je n'y suis pas encore parvenu► to work towards sth œuvrer pour qch

• we are working towards a solution nous essayons de parvenir à une solution

   b. ( = function) [machine, car, scheme] marcher ; [medicine] agir

• the lift isn't working l'ascenseur ne marche pas

• it works off the mains ça marche sur (le) secteur

• this may work in our favour ça pourrait jouer en notre faveur

3. transitive verb

   a. ( = cause to work) [+ person, staff] faire travailler ; [+ lever, pump] actionner ; [+ machine] faire marcher

• I don't know how to work the video je ne sais pas comment faire marcher le magnétoscope

► to work o.s.

• he works himself too hard il travaille trop

   b. ( = bring about) to work wonders [person] faire des merveilles ; [drug, medicine] faire merveille

   c. ( = arrange for) (inf) can you work it so she can come too? pouvez-vous faire en sorte qu'elle vienne aussi ?

   d. ( = manoeuvre) he worked his hands free il est parvenu à libérer ses mains

► to work one's way

• rescuers are working their way towards the trapped men les sauveteurs se fraient un passage jusqu'aux hommes qui sont bloqués

• he worked his way up from nothing il est parti de rien

• he worked his way up from office boy to managing director il est devenu PDG après avoir commencé comme garçon de bureau

   e. ( = shape) [+ metal, wood, dough, clay] travailler

4. compounds

► work area noun espace m de travail

► work ethic noun déontologie f

► work experience noun expérience f professionnelle

► work file noun (Computing) fichier m de travail

► work/life balance noun équilibre m entre vie professionnelle et vie privée

► work load noun charge f de travail

• his work load is too heavy il a trop de travail ► work of art noun œuvre f d'art

► work permit noun permis m de travail

► work prospects plural noun [of student] perspectives fpl

► work space noun espace m de travail

► work station noun poste m de travail

► work surface noun plan m de travail

► work-to-rule noun (British) grève f du zèle

5. Phrasal Verbs

► work out

1. intransitive verb

   a. [plan, arrangement] marcher

• it's all working out as planned tout se déroule comme prévu

• things didn't work out (well) for her les choses ont plutôt mal tourné pour elle

• it will work out all right in the end tout finira par s'arranger

   b. [amount] it works out at $50 per child il faut compter 50 dollars par enfant

   c. ( = exercise) faire de la musculation

2. separable transitive verb

( = figure out) [+ problem, equation] résoudre ; [+ total] trouver ; [+ plan] mettre au point

• I'll have to work it out (counting) il faut que je calcule

• he finally worked out why she'd gone il a fini par comprendre pourquoi elle était partie

• I can't work him out (inf) je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment il fonctionne► work through inseparable transitive verb

( = resolve emotionally) assumer

► work up

1. intransitive verb

• the book works up to a dramatic ending le roman s'achemine progressivement vers un dénouement spectaculaire

• I thought he was working up to asking me for a divorce je croyais qu'il préparait le terrain pour demander le divorce

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = rouse) he worked the crowd up into a frenzy il a déchaîné l'enthousiasme de la foule

• to get worked up s'énerver

• he worked himself up into a rage il s'est mis dans une colère noire

   b. ( = develop) [+ trade, business] développer

• he worked this small firm up into a major company il a réussi à faire de cette petite société une grande entreprise

• I worked up an appetite/thirst carrying all those boxes ça m'a mis en appétit/m'a donné soif de porter toutes ces caisses

• I can't work up much enthusiasm for the plan j'ai du mal à m'enthousiasmer pour ce projet

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[wɜːk] 1.
noun

1) ( physical or mental activity) travail m (on sur)

to be at work on something — être en train de travailler à quelque chose

to go ou set ou get to work — se mettre au travail

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 ou set somebody to work — faire travailler quelqu'un

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

to make short ou light work of something — expédier quelque chose

to make short work of somebody — envoyer promener quelqu'un

it's all in a day's work — c'est une question d'habitude

it's hot/thirsty work — ça donne chaud/soif

2) ( occupation) travail m

to be in work — avoir du travail or un emploi

place of work — lieu m de travail

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

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

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 la maison

6) (achievement, product) (essay, report) travail m; (artwork, novel, sculpture) œuvre f (by de); ( study) ouvrage m (by de; on sur)

is this all your own work? — est-ce que vous l'avez fait tout seul?

to mark students' work — noter les devoirs des étudiants

a work of genius — une œuvre de génie

a work of reference — un ouvrage de référence

this attack is the work of professionals — l'attaque est l'œuvre de professionnels

7) ( research) recherches fpl (on sur)

8) ( effect)

to go to work — [drug, detergent] agir
2.
works plural noun

1) ( factory) usine f

works canteen — cantine f de l'usine

2) ( building work) travaux mpl

3) (colloq) ( everything)

the (full ou whole) works — toute la panoplie (colloq)
3.
noun modifier [ clothes, shoes] de travail; [ phone number] au travail
4.
transitive verb

1) ( drive)

to work somebody hard — surmener quelqu'un

2) ( labour)

to work shifts — travailler en équipes (de travail posté)

to work days/nights — travailler de jour/de nuit

to work one's way through university — travailler pour payer ses études

to work one's way through a book — lire péniblement un livre, venir à bout (colloq) d'un livre

to work a 40 hour week — faire la semaine de 40 heures

3) ( operate) se servir de

4) ( exploit commercially) exploiter

5) ( have as one's territory) couvrir [region]

6) ( consume)

to work one's way through — ( use) utiliser [amount, quantity]

7) ( bring about)

to work wonders — lit, fig faire des merveilles

8) ( use to one's advantage)

to work the system — profiter du système

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...

9) ( fashion) travailler [clay, metal]

10) ( embroider) broder

11) ( manœuvre)

to work something into — introduire quelque chose dans [slot, hole]

to work a lever up and down — actionner un levier

12) ( exercise) faire travailler [muscles]

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]

to work one's hands free — se libérer les mains

it worked its way ou itself loose — cela s'est desserré peu à peu

to work its way into — passer dans

start at the top and work your way down — commencez par le haut et continuez jusqu'en bas
5.
intransitive verb

1) ( engage in activity) travailler ( doing à faire)

to work at home — travailler à domicile

to work for a living — gagner sa vie

to work in oils — [painter] travailler à l'huile

2) ( strive) lutter ( against contre; for pour; to do pour faire)

to work towards — se diriger vers [solution]; s'acheminer vers [compromise]; négocier [agreement]

3) ( function) fonctionner

to work on electricity — marcher or fonctionner à l'électricité

to work off the mains — marcher sur secteur

the washing machine isn't working — la machine à laver est en panne

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 somebody's favour —

to work to somebody's advantage — tourner à l'avantage de quelqu'un

to work against somebody —

to work to somebody's disadvantage — jouer en la défaveur de quelqu'un

5) ( be successful) [treatment] avoir de l'effet; [detergent, drug] agir; [plan] réussir; [argument] tenir debout

flattery won't work with me — la flatterie ne marche pas avec moi

the adaptation really works — l'adaptation est vraiment réussie

6) [face, features] se contracter
6.
reflexive verb

1) ( labour)

to work oneself too hard — se surmener

to work oneself to death — se tuer à la tâche

2)

to work oneself into a rage — se mettre en colère

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Phrasal Verbs:

- work around

- work in

- work off

- work on

- work out

- work over

- work to

- work up

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to work one's way up — gravir tous les échelons

to work one's way up the company — faire son chemin dans l'entreprise

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14 death

death n ( of person) mort f, décès m ; ( of animal) mort f ; fig (of hopes, plans, dreams, civilization, democracy) anéantissement m ; at (the time of) his death à sa mort ; a death in the family un décès dans la famille ; death by hanging/drowning mort par pendaison/noyade ; to starve/freeze to death mourir de faim/de froid ; to burn to death mourir carbonisé ; to put sb to death exécuter qn ; to sentence sb to death Jur condamner qn à mort ; death to the king! mort au roi! ; a fight to the death un combat à mort ; they fought to the death ils se sont battus à mort ; to drink oneself to death se tuer en buvant ; to work oneself to death se tuer au travail or à la tâche ; she's working herself to death! elle se tue au travail! ; she fell to her death elle s'est tuée en tombant ; she jumped to her death elle s'est tuée en sautant dans le vide ; he met his death in a skiing accident il a trouvé la mort dans un accident de ski ; to come close to death friser la mort ; he remains a controversial figure in death as in life il reste un personnage controversé aussi bien mort que vivant ; to die a violent death mourir de mort violente ; to do sb to death assassiner qn ; that excuse/joke has been done to death fig cette excuse/blague est éculée or est vieille comme le monde ; that play has been done to death cette pièce a été jouée tant de fois qu'on finit par s'en lasser ; they were united in death ils ont été unis dans la mort ; till death do us part jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare ; ‘Deaths’ Journ ‘Rubrique Nécrologique’ ; a fall would mean ou spell death une chute serait fatale ; this means ou spells the death of the old industries cela va être la mort des vieilles industries.

Idioms

to die a ou the death [fashion] disparaître complètement ; [entertainer, play] faire un bide ○ ; he died the death il aurait voulu rentrer sous terre ; those children will be the death of me! ces enfants me tueront! ; that thesis/car will be the death of her! cette thèse/voiture la tuera! ; don't tell him, it will be the death of him ne le lui dis pas, ça l'achèvera ; it's a matter of life or death c'est une question de vie ou de mort ; to look like death warmed up avoir l'air d'un cadavre ambulant ; I feel like death (warmed up)! je ne me sens pas bien du tout! ; to be at death's door être à (l'article de) la mort ; to be worried to death ○ se ronger les sangs (about au sujet de) ; to be frightened to death ○ être mort de peur ; to frighten ou scare sb to death faire une peur bleue à qn ○ ; to be bored to death ○ s'ennuyer à mourir ; I'm sick ou tired to death ○ of this! j'en ai par-dessus la tête!, j'en ai ras le bol ○ ! ; you'll catch your death (of cold) ○ tu vas crever ○ or mourir de froid ; ⇒ thousand.

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15 work

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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16 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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17 death

death [deθ] n

1) смерть;

natural (violent) death есте́ственная (наси́льственная) смерть
;

civil death гражда́нская смерть; пораже́ние в права́х гражда́нства
;

to meet one's death найти́ свою́ смерть
;

at death's door при́ смерти; на краю́ ги́бели
;

to be in the jaws of death быть в когтя́х сме́рти, в кра́йней опа́сности
;

to put ( или to do) to death казни́ть, убива́ть
;

wounded to death смерте́льно ра́ненный
;

war to the death война́ на истребле́ние

2) коне́ц, ги́бель;

the death of one's hopes коне́ц чьим-л. наде́ждам

3):

the Black D. ист. чума́ в Евро́пе в ⅩⅣ в., «чёрная смерть»

4) употр. для усиления:

tired to death смерте́льно уста́лый
;

to work smb. to death не дава́ть кому́-л. переды́шки, загна́ть кого́-л. до полусме́рти
;

this will be the death of me э́то сведёт меня́ в моги́лу; э́то меня́ ужа́сно огорчи́т

5) attr. сме́ртный, смерте́льный

◊
to be in at the death

а) охот. прису́тствовать при том, как на охо́те убива́ют затра́вленную лиси́цу;

б) быть свиде́телем заверше́ния каки́х-л. собы́тий;

like grim death отча́янно, изо все́х си́л
;

worse than death о́чень плохо́й

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > death
18 death

deθ сущ.
1) а) смерть at one's death ≈ с чьей-л. смертью At her death the estate was broken up. ≈ После ее смерти поместье было разрушено. to ascertain the cause of death ≈ установить причину смерти to the death ≈ до конца;
до последней капли крови, до последнего (из) дыхания war to the death ≈ война на истребление;
война до последней капли крови fight to the death ≈ битва на истребление to cause death ≈ принести смерть to do to death ≈ казнить, убивать to face one's death, meet one's death ≈ найти свою смерть to mourn smb.'s death ≈ оплакивать чью-л. смерть to put death ≈ казнить, убивать to be in the jaws of death ≈ быть в когтях смерти, в крайней опасности to die a natural death ≈ умереть своей смертью to meet a violent death ≈ умереть насильственной смертью, погибнуть intrauterine death ≈ смерть плода в утробе матери at death's door ≈ при смерти;
на краю гибели б) нечто смертоносное (несущее смерть, вызывающее смерть) drinking was the death of him ≈ пьянство было для него смертью
2) а) гибель, конец б) вымирание( рода, вида и т.д.) Syn: extinction
3) (входит в состав фразеологических сочетаний как усилительный компонент) до смерти, смертельно, в высшей степени, совершенно, сильно tired to death ≈ смертельно усталый to work smb. to death ≈ не давать кому-л. передышки, загнать кого-л. до полусмерти This will be the death of me. ≈ Это сведет меня в могилу.;
Это меня ужасно огорчит. ∙ death to tyrants! ≈ смерть тиранам! in death as in life ≈ умереть так же, как жить till death do us part ≈ до самой смерти;
до тех пор, пока смерть не разлучит нас like grim death ≈ отчаянно, изо всех сил worse than death ≈ очень плохой - be in at the death смерть - natural * естественная смерть - accidental * случайная смерть - lingering * медленная агония - * by drowning утопление - hour of * смертный час - * angel ангел смерти - * stab смертельный удар( ножом) - pale as * бледный как смерть - a question of life and * вопрос жизни и смерти - at smb.'s * в момент чьей-л. смерти - on his father's * he returned to London после смерти отца он вернулся в Лондон - to one's * до последнего часа, до самой смерти, до конца дней своих;
встретив смерть - he fell from a 100 metres to his * он упал с высоты сто метров и разбился насмерть - to the * до конца;
до последней капли крови, до последнего дыхания - war to the * война на истребление, истребительная война;
борьба не на жизнь, а на смерть - until * на всю жизнь, пожизненно - unto * (книжное) до смерти, до гроба - faithful into * верный до гроба - to notify a * регистрировать смерть - to die a hero's * пасть смертью храбрых - to meet one's * найти свою смерть - to beat smb. to * избить кого-л. до смерти - to be frozen to * умереть от холода - to shoot smb. to * застрелить кого-л. - to drink oneself to * умереть от запоя - to look like * быть бледным как смерть - to look * in the face смотреть смерти в лицо - to be at the point of * быть при смерти, агонизировать - to catch one's * of cold умереть от простуды;
простудиться и умереть - it was * to enter the zone входить в зону было смертельно опасно - no one can cheat D. смерть не проведешь отмирание, омертвение - the * of the tissues омертвение тканей смертельный случай - * toll количество жертв - the earthquake caused a * toll of 500 землетрясение унесло 500 жизней, число жертв землетрясения достигло 500 - there were three *s on board на борту судна умерло три человека смертная казнь - * house (американизм) комната приведения в исполнение смертных приговоров - on pain of * под угрозой смерти - under sentence of *, condemned to * приговоренный к смерти - to be sentenced to * быть приговоренным к смертной казни - to suffer * быть казненным - to put smb. to * предавать кого-л. смерти, казнить кого-л. гибель - spiritual * духовная смерть - everlasting * вечные муки - * in life, a living * не жизнь, а каторга - this will be the * of me это сведет меня в могилу - the children will be my * дети сведут меня в могилу - you're running to certain * ты идешь к верной гибели конец;
исчезновение;
утрата;
потеря - * of a language исчезновение языка - * of memory потеря памяти, амнезия - the * of one's hopes крушение надежд( эмоционально-усилительно) до смерти;
смертельно;
в высшей степени, совершенно - to hate smb. to * смертельно ненавидеть кого-л. - to work smb. to * не давать кому-л. ни отдыха, ни срока;
заездить кого-л. - to laugh oneself to * хохотать до упаду - this meat has been done to * мясо совершенно пережарено, мясо сгорело - the fashion has been done to * эта мода совершенно изжила себя;
это вышло из моды > leaden * смертельный свинец;
пуля;
> the field of * поле брани;
> at *'s door при смерти, на краю могилы;
> to be at *'s door стоять одной ногой в гробу;
> to be in the jaws of * быть в когтях смерти;
> * knocks at the door бьет смертный час;
> sure as * наверняка;
как пить дать;
> like grim * изо всех сил;
что есть мочи;
> to ride like grim * мчаться во весь опор;
> to hang on like grim * не сдаваться, держаться до последнего;
бороться не на жизнь, а на смерть;
> to talk smth. to * сорвать принятие чего-л. бесконечными прениями, выступлениями;
> to be * on smth. (сленг) быть дошлым в чем-л.;
хорошо знать какое-л. дело;
обожать что-л., быть без ума от чего-л.;
не выносить, не терпеть чего-л.;
> she was * on dust она терпеть не могла пыли, она решительно воевала с пылью;
> this medicine is * on colds это прекрасное средство от простуды;
> to be in at the * (охота) присутствовать при том, как убивают затравленную лисицу;
присутствовать при завершении дела;
быть свидетелем завершения чего-л. to meet one's ~ найти свою смерть;
at death's door при смерти;
на краю гибели to be in at the ~ быть свидетелем завершения (каких-л.) событий to be in at the ~ охот. присутствовать при том, как на охоте убивают затравленную лисицу to be in the jaws of ~ быть в когтях смерти, в крайней опасности;
to put (или to do) to death казнить, убивать civil ~ гражданская смерть;
поражение в правах гражданства civil ~ гражданская смерть coverage upon ~ общая сумма договора страхованию от смертельного исхода death выход из строя ~ гибель ~ употр. для усиления: tired to death смертельно усталый;
to work (smb.) to death не давать (кому-л.) передышки, загнать (кого-л.) до полусмерти ~ конец, гибель;
the death of one's hopes конец (чьим-л.) надеждам ~ поломка ~ смерть;
natural (violent) death естественная (насильственная) смерть ~ смерть ~ attr. смертный, смертельный ~ конец, гибель;
the death of one's hopes конец (чьим-л.) надеждам like grim ~ отчаянно, изо всех сил to meet one's ~ найти свою смерть;
at death's door при смерти;
на краю гибели ~ смерть;
natural (violent) death естественная (насильственная) смерть to be in the jaws of ~ быть в когтях смерти, в крайней опасности;
to put (или to do) to death казнить, убивать put: to ~ to death предавать смерти, убивать, казнить;
to put to flight обратить в бегство;
to put into a rage разгневать this will be the ~ of me это сведет меня в могилу;
это меня ужасно огорчит ~ употр. для усиления: tired to death смертельно усталый;
to work (smb.) to death не давать (кому-л.) передышки, загнать (кого-л.) до полусмерти violent ~ насильственная смерть war to the ~ война на истребление ~ употр. для усиления: tired to death смертельно усталый;
to work (smb.) to death не давать (кому-л.) передышки, загнать (кого-л.) до полусмерти worse than ~ очень плохой wounded to ~ смертельно раненный

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > death
19 work

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

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

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

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

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

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.) trabajo

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.) trabajar

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) trabajar, tener empleo

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.) funcionar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

work¹ n

1. trabajo

I have a lot of work tengo mucho trabajo

he was late for work llegó tarde al trabajo

a man's doing some work on the roof un hombre está reparando el tejado

2. obra

it's all my own work todo es obra de mi propia mano

at work en el trabajo

in work con trabajo / que tiene trabajo

out of work sin trabajo / parado

to get to work / to set to work ponerse a trabajar

work² vb

1. trabajar

I work in a shop trabajo en una tienda

I've been working all day he estado trabajando todo el día

2. funcionar

the lift doesn't work el ascensor no funciona

how do you work this machine? ¿cómo funciona esta máquina?

work

tr[wɜːk]

noun

1 (gen) trabajo

I've got a lot of work to do tengo mucho trabajo que hacer

he put a lot of hard work into that project trabajó mucho en ese proyecto, puso mucho esfuerzo en ese proyecto

they often take work home to do muchas veces se llevan trabajo a casa

2 (employment) empleo, trabajo

she's at work está en el trabajo

what sort of work do you do? ¿qué clase de trabajo haces?, ¿a qué te dedicas?

don't be late for work no llegues tarde al trabajo

what time do you leave work? ¿a qué hora sales del trabajo?

she's a friend from work es una compañera de trabajo

I've got the day off work tengo el día libre

3 (building work, roadworks) obras nombre femenino plural

work on the new road will commence in July se comenzarán las obras de la nueva carretera en julio

4 (product, results) trabajo, obra

it's all my own work es obra de mi propia mano

they sell their work in the market venden sus trabajos en el mercado

this is an excellent piece of work esto es un trabajo excelente

this is the work of vandals esto es cosa de vándalos

5 (literary etc) obra

transitive verb

1 (person) hacer trabajar

she works them too hard les hace trabajar demasiado

2 (machine) manejar; (mechanism) accionar

do you know how to work the video? ¿sabes cómo hacer funcionar el vídeo?

it's worked by electricity funciona con electricidad

3 (mine, oil well) explotar; (land, fields) trabajar, cultivar

4 (produce) hacer

it works miracles hace milagros

5 (wood, metal, clay) trabajar; (dough) amasar

6 (make by work or effort) trabajar

he worked his way up in the company ascendió en la empresa por su trabajo

she worked her way through university hizo la carrera trabajando

I worked my way to the front me abrí camino hacia adelante

7 familiar (arrange) arreglar

he worked it so that he got off with just a fine se las arregló para escapar sólo con una multa

8 (move gradually)

he worked the key into the frozen lock metió poco a poco la llave en la cerradura helada

work the fat into the flour vaya mezclando la mantequilla con la harina

intransitive verb

1 (gen) trabajar

she works for an insurance company trabaja en una compañía de seguros

he worked as a waiter trabajaba de camarero

I'm working on a new book estoy trabajando en un nuevo libro

she works hard at her homework trabaja mucho en sus deberes, pone mucho esfuerzo en sus deberes

he's working for his exams está estudiando para los exámenes

they were working away at the design estaban ocupados con el diseño

2 (machine, system) funcionar

the lift's not working el ascensor no funciona

how does this machine work? ¿cómo funciona esta máquina?

3 (medicine, cleaner) surtir efecto, tener efecto; (plan) tener éxito, salir bien, funcionar, resultar

your plan won't work tu plan no saldrá bien

the special effects work well los efectos especiales resultan bien

4 (move)

her dress had worked up su vestido se había subido

they eventually worked round to my way of thinking finalmente coincidieron con mi parecer

plural noun works

1 (factory) fábrica f sing

1 (parts) mecanismo m sing

1 familiar (everything) todo, todo el tinglado

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

it's all in a/the day's work todo forma parte del trabajo, es el pan nuestro de cada día

all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy hay que divertirse de vez en cuando

it works both ways es una arma de doble filo

keep up the good work! ¡que siga así!

the forces at work los elementos en juego

to be in work tener trabajo, tener un empleo

to be out of work estar en el paro, estar sin trabajo, estar parado,-a

to get down/set to work ponerse a trabajar, poner manos a la obra

to get worked up exaltarse, excitarse, ponerse nervioso,-a

to give somebody the (full) works tratar a alguien a lo grande

to have one's work cut out to do something costarle a uno mucho trabajo hacer algo

to make light/short work of something despachar algo deprisa

to work like a Trojan trabajar como un negro

to work loose soltarse, aflojarse

to work one's fingers to the bone dejarse los codos trabajando

to work oneself to death matarse trabajando

to work to rule hacer huelga de celo

public works obras nombre femenino plural públicas

work basket costurero, cesto de labor

work camp campamento de trabajo

work experience experiencia laboral

work of art obra de arte

work permit permiso de trabajo

work station SMALLCOMPUTING/SMALL estación nombre femenino de trabajo, terminal nombre masculino de trabajo

work surface encimera

work ['wərk] v, worked ['wərkt] or wrought ['rɔt] ; working vt

1) operate: trabajar, operar

to work a machine: operar una máquina

2) : lograr, conseguir (algo) con esfuerzo

to work one's way up: lograr subir por sus propios esfuerzos

3) effect: efectuar, llevar a cabo, obrar (milagros)

4) make, shape: elaborar, fabricar, formar

a beautifully wrought vase: un florero bellamente elaborado

5)

to work up : estimular, excitar

don't get worked up: no te agites

work vi

1) labor: trabajar

to work full-time: trabajar a tiempo completo

2) function: funcionar, servir

work adj

: laboral

work n

1) labor: trabajo m, labor f

2) employment: trabajo m, empleo m

3) task: tarea f, faena f

4) deed: obra f, labor f

works of charity: obras de caridad

5) : obra f (de arte o literatura)

6) workmanship

7) works npl

factory: fábrica f

8) works npl

mechanism: mecanismo m

work

v.

• andar v.

• elaborar v.

• funcionar v.

• hacer funcionar v.

• hacer trabajar v.

• laborear v.

• labrar v.

• marchar v.

• obrar v.

• trabajar v.

adj.

• laborable adj.

n.

• chamba s.f.

• fábrica s.f.

• labor s.f.

• mecanismo s.m.

• obra s.f.

• sobrehueso s.m.

• trabajar s.m.

• trabajo s.m.

wɜːrk, wɜːk
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noun

1) u (labor, tasks) trabajo m

it was a lot of work — dio mucho trabajo

the building work is still going on — todavía están en obras

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

she's got a lot of work to do to catch up — va a tener que trabajar mucho para ponerse al día

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

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

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

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

it's hard work digging — cavar es muy duro

that was quick work! — qué rapidez!

I've done a good day's work — he aprovechado bien el día

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

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

2) u ( employment) trabajo m

she does a lot of work for the government — trabaja mucho para el gobierno

to look for/find work — buscar*/encontrar* trabajo

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

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

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

3) (in phrases)

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

4)

a) c (product, single item) obra f

a work of art — una obra de arte

b) u ( output) trabajo m

a piece of work — un trabajo

an exhibition of recent work by Sam Pym — una exposición de obras recientes de Sam Pym

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

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1.

intransitive verb

1) \<\<person\>\> trabajar

I work as a receptionist — trabajo de recepcionista

he works nights — trabaja de noche

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

to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

we work a 40-hour week — nuestra semana laboral es de 40 horas

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

2)

a) (operate, function) \<\<machine/system\>\> funcionar; \<\<drug/person\>\> actuar*

to work against/in favor of somebody/something — obrar en contra/a favor de alguien/algo

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

b) ( have required effect) \<\<drug/plan/method\>\> surtir efecto

her idea didn't work — su idea no resultó

try it, it might work — pruébalo, quizás resulte

the play doesn't work on TV — la obra no se presta para televisión

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

3) (slip, travel) (+ adv compl)

the oil has to work through the engine — el aceite tiene que circular por el motor

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

2.

vt

1)

a) ( force to work) hacer* trabajar

to work oneself to death — matarse trabajando

b) ( exploit) \<\<land/soil\>\> trabajar, labrar; \<\<mine\>\> explotar

c) \<\<nightclubs/casinos\>\> trabajar en

d) ( pay for by working)

he worked his passage to Australia — se costeó el pasaje a Australia trabajando en el barco

2) ( cause to operate)

do you know how to work the machine? — ¿sabes manejar la máquina?

this lever works the sprinkler system — esta palanca acciona el sistema de riego

the pump is worked by hand — la bomba funciona manualmente

3)

a) (move gradually, manipulate) (+ adv compl)

work the brush into the corners — mete bien el cepillo en los rincones

I'll try to work that quote into the article — trataré de meter esa cita en el artículo

to work one's way: we worked our way toward the exit nos abrimos camino hacia la salida; I worked my way through volume three logré terminar el tercer volumen; she worked her way to the top of her profession — trabajó hasta llegar a la cima de su profesión

b) (shape, fashion) \<\<clay/metal\>\> trabajar; \<\<dough\>\> sobar, amasar

work the flour into the mixture — vaya añadiendo la harina a la mezcla

4)

a) (past & past p worked or wrought) ( bring about) \<\<miracle\>\> hacer*; see also wrought I

b) (manage, arrange) (colloq) arreglar

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

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Phrasal Verbs:

- work off

- work out

- work over

- work up

- work up to

[wɜːk]
1. N

1) (=activity) trabajo m; (=effort) esfuerzo m

work in progress — trabajo en proceso

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

there are forces at work — hay fuerzas en movimiento

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

work has begun on the new project — ha comenzado el trabajo en el nuevo proyecto

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

• to do one's work — hacer su trabajo

he did some good work at head office — hizo un buen trabajo en la oficina central

the medicine had done its work — la medicina había surtido efecto

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

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

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

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

he's hard work * — es una persona difícil

• a piece of work — un trabajo

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

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

• to set to work — ponerse a trabajar

to set sb to work — poner a algn a trabajar

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

• to start work — ponerse a trabajar

to have one's work cut out —

I have my work cut out as it is — ya tengo trabajo hasta por encima de las cejas

I had my work cut out to stop it — me costó detenerlo

you'll have your work cut out trying to stop him — te costará muchísimo trabajo impedirle
nasty 1., 4)
2) (=employment, place of employment) trabajo m

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

• to be at work — estar trabajando

accidents at work — accidentes mpl laborales

• to go to work — ir a trabajar

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

• to be in work — tener trabajo

• she's looking for work — está buscando trabajo

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

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

a day off work — un día libre

to take time off work — tomarse tiempo libre

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

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

• on her way to work — camino del trabajo

3) (=product, deed) obra f; (=efforts) trabajo

the works of God — las obras de Dios

this is the work of a professional/madman — esto es trabajo de un profesional/loco

what do you think of his work? — ¿qué te parece su trabajo?

the dictator and all his works — el dictador y todo lo suyo

• good works — obras fpl de caridad

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

4) (Art, Literat etc) obra f

the works of Dickens — las obras de Dickens

• a work of art — una obra de arte

• a literary work — una obra literaria

• a work of reference — un libro de consulta

5) works [of machine, clock etc] mecanismo msing

- bung or gum up the works
spanner
6) works (Mil) obras fpl, fortificaciones fpl

road works — obras

Ministry of Works — Ministerio m de Obras Públicas

2. VI

1) (gen) trabajar; (=be in a job) tener trabajo

to work to achieve sth — dirigir todos sus esfuerzos a lograr algo

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

• to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

• she works in a bakery — trabaja en una panadería

he works in education/publishing — trabaja en la enseñanza/el campo editorial

he prefers to work in wood/oils — prefiere trabajar la madera/con óleos

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

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

- work like a slave or Trojan etc

2) (=function) [machine, car] funcionar

the heating isn't working — la calefacción no funciona

it won't work — no funciona

not working — no funciona

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

• it may work against us — podría sernos desfavorable

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

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

• to get sth working — hacer funcionar algo

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

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

3) (=be effective) [plan] salir, marchar; [drug, medicine, spell] surtir efecto, ser eficaz; [yeast] fermentar

how long does it take to work? — ¿cuánto tiempo hace falta para que empiece a surtir efecto?

the scheme won't work — el proyecto no es práctico, esto no será factible

it won't work, I tell you! — ¡te digo que no se puede (hacer)!

4) [mouth, face, jaws] moverse, torcerse

5) (=move gradually)

she worked methodically down the list — repasó metódicamente la lista

• to work loose — desprenderse

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

eventually he worked round to the price — por fin llegó a mencionar el precio

what are you working round to? — ¿adónde va a parar todo esto?, ¿qué propósito tiene todo esto?

3. VT

1) (=make work) hacer trabajar

he works his staff too hard — hace trabajar demasiado al personal

to work o.s. to death — matarse trabajando

2) (=operate)

can you work it? — ¿sabes manejarlo?

it is worked by electricity — funciona con electricidad

3) (=achieve) [+ change] producir, motivar; [+ cure] hacer, efectuar; [+ miracle] hacer

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

they worked it so that she could come * — lo arreglaron para que viniera
wonder 1., 2)
4) (Sew) coser; (Knitting) [+ row] hacer

worked with blue thread — bordado de hilo azul

5) (=shape) [+ dough, clay] trabajar; [+ stone, marble] tallar, grabar

worked flint — piedra f tallada

work the butter and sugar together — amasar el azúcar y la mantequilla juntos

6) (=exploit) [+ mine] explotar; [+ land] cultivar

this land has not been worked for many years — estas tierras hace mucho tiempo que no se cultivan

he works the eastern part of the province — trabaja en la parte este de la provincia

7) (=manoeuvre)

he gradually worked the rope through the hole — poco a poco fue metiendo la cuerda por el agujero

to work one's hands free — lograr soltar las manos

he worked the lever up and down — movió la palanca hacia arriba y hacia abajo

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

he worked the crowd (up) into a frenzy — exaltó los ánimos de la multitud

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

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

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

to work one's way up to the top of a company — llegar a la dirección de una compañía por sus propios esfuerzos

he worked his way up in the firm — ascendió en la compañía mediante sus propios esfuerzos

8) (=finance)

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

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

4.

CPD

work area N — área f de trabajo

work camp N — campamento m laboral

work ethic N — ética f del trabajo

work experience N — experiencia f laboral

work file N — fichero m de trabajo

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

work in progress N — trabajo m en proceso

work permit N — permiso m de trabajo

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

work study N — práctica f estudiantil

work surface N — = worktop

work therapy N — laborterapia f, terapia f laboral

work week N — (US) semana f laboral

- work away

- work in

- work off

- work on

- work out

- work over

- work through

- work up

- work up to

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[wɜːrk, wɜːk]
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noun

1) u (labor, tasks) trabajo m

it was a lot of work — dio mucho trabajo

the building work is still going on — todavía están en obras

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

she's got a lot of work to do to catch up — va a tener que trabajar mucho para ponerse al día

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

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

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

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

it's hard work digging — cavar es muy duro

that was quick work! — qué rapidez!

I've done a good day's work — he aprovechado bien el día

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

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

2) u ( employment) trabajo m

she does a lot of work for the government — trabaja mucho para el gobierno

to look for/find work — buscar*/encontrar* trabajo

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

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

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

3) (in phrases)

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

4)

a) c (product, single item) obra f

a work of art — una obra de arte

b) u ( output) trabajo m

a piece of work — un trabajo

an exhibition of recent work by Sam Pym — una exposición de obras recientes de Sam Pym

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

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1.

intransitive verb

1) \<\<person\>\> trabajar

I work as a receptionist — trabajo de recepcionista

he works nights — trabaja de noche

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

to work hard — trabajar mucho or duro

we work a 40-hour week — nuestra semana laboral es de 40 horas

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

2)

a) (operate, function) \<\<machine/system\>\> funcionar; \<\<drug/person\>\> actuar*

to work against/in favor of somebody/something — obrar en contra/a favor de alguien/algo

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

b) ( have required effect) \<\<drug/plan/method\>\> surtir efecto

her idea didn't work — su idea no resultó

try it, it might work — pruébalo, quizás resulte

the play doesn't work on TV — la obra no se presta para televisión

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

3) (slip, travel) (+ adv compl)

the oil has to work through the engine — el aceite tiene que circular por el motor

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

2.

vt

1)

a) ( force to work) hacer* trabajar

to work oneself to death — matarse trabajando

b) ( exploit) \<\<land/soil\>\> trabajar, labrar; \<\<mine\>\> explotar

c) \<\<nightclubs/casinos\>\> trabajar en

d) ( pay for by working)

he worked his passage to Australia — se costeó el pasaje a Australia trabajando en el barco

2) ( cause to operate)

do you know how to work the machine? — ¿sabes manejar la máquina?

this lever works the sprinkler system — esta palanca acciona el sistema de riego

the pump is worked by hand — la bomba funciona manualmente

3)

a) (move gradually, manipulate) (+ adv compl)

work the brush into the corners — mete bien el cepillo en los rincones

I'll try to work that quote into the article — trataré de meter esa cita en el artículo

to work one's way: we worked our way toward the exit nos abrimos camino hacia la salida; I worked my way through volume three logré terminar el tercer volumen; she worked her way to the top of her profession — trabajó hasta llegar a la cima de su profesión

b) (shape, fashion) \<\<clay/metal\>\> trabajar; \<\<dough\>\> sobar, amasar

work the flour into the mixture — vaya añadiendo la harina a la mezcla

4)

a) (past & past p worked or wrought) ( bring about) \<\<miracle\>\> hacer*; see also wrought I

b) (manage, arrange) (colloq) arreglar

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

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Phrasal Verbs:

- work off

- work out

- work over

- work up

- work up to

English-spanish dictionary > work
20 work

{wə:k}
I. 1. работа, труд
to be at WORK на работа съм, работя, в действие съм
forces at WORK действуващи/движещи сили
there is some secret influence at WORK тук действува/има някакво скрито влияние
to be kept hard at WORK имам много работа
he is hard at WORK writing той усилено пишe
to get/set to WORK заемам се/залавям се за/започвам работа
to set someone to WORK карам някого да работи, намирам му работа
I don't know how to set/go about my WORK не зная как да започна/подхвана работата си
out of WORK безработен
in regular WORK на редовна/постоянна работа
in and out WORK непостоянна работа
thirsty/dry WORK уморителна работа (която me кара да ожaдняваш)
warm WORK напрeгната/опасна работа, ожесточено сражение
a WORK of time дълга/продължителна работа
to make hard WORK of something правя нещо да изглежда птрудно, отколкото е
to make good WORK of something добре се справям с нещо
to make short WORK of something свършвам бързо/виждам бързо сметка на нещо
day's WORK (едно) дневна/всекидневна работа
it's all in the day's WORK това е нещо обикновено/всекидневно
you did a good day's WORK when you bought that house добра работа свърши/добре направи, като купи тази къща
2. работа, ръкоделие, бродерия, плетиво
3. работа, труд, съчинение, произведение, творба, творчество
the WORKs of събраните съчинения/произведения/трудове на
a WORK of art произведение на изкуството
a WORK of genius гениално произведение
4. дело, деяние
good WORKs добри дела/постъпки
dirty WORKs подлости, низости, мръсни дела
5. физ. работа
6. въздействие, ефект
the drug has done its WORK лекарството подействува
7. pl строежи
public WORKs обществени строежи
8. pl укрепления
9. pl механизъм (на часовник и пр.)
to give someone the WORKs прен. давам/казвам на някого всичко, убивам някого
10. рl обик. с гл. в sing фабрика, завод
11. шег. вътрешни органи, стомах
12. ост. мина
13. изработен по някакъв начин предмет/ (част от) украса на предмет (от дърво, метал, камък и пр.)
bright WORK полирани метални части
14. ост. изработка
II. 1. работя, занимавам се (at, on с, над, върху)
to WORK against time работя ускорено, мъча се да свърша навреме
2. изработвам
ушивам, бродирам (in c-за материала)
3. работя/функционирам правилно, действувам, движа се, вървя (за механизъм и пр.)
4. въздействувам, постигам/давам резултат, успявам (за средство, план и пр.)
it won't WORK! това няма да го бъде/да стане
5. кипя, ферментирам
6. движа се, проправям си път (обик. с наречие)
7. движа (се), свивам (се), гърча (се)
his features were WORKing convulsively лицето му се свиваше конвулсивно
he WORKed his jaws той движеше челюстите си
8. карам да работи
to WORK oneself to death съсипвам се/изтрепвам се от работа
to WORK one's men too hard карам хората си да работят прeкалено много, преуморявам ги
9. ръководя, управлявам, контролирам, стопанисвам (машина, къща и пр.)
10. експлоатирам (мина и пр.), обработвам (земя и пр.), върша определена работа (агитация и пр.) в даден район
11. смятам, пресмятам, решавам (задача)
12. меся, омесвам, кова, изковавам, мачкам
13. преработвам
оформям (into в)
14. вмъквам, вмествам (пасаж и пр.) (into в)
15. донасям, докарвам, причинявам, създавам
to WORK someone's ruin погубвам/съсипвам някого
16. правя, върша, извършвам (чудеса и пр.)
I'll WORK it (if I can) sl. всякак ще го направя/постигна (стига да мога)
17. получавам срещу/откупвам с работа
to WORK one's passage on a ship отработвам си билета/пътуването с кораб
to WORK one's way through college работя, за да се издържам в университета
18. придвижвам се, докарвам се (до някакво положение, състояние)
the rain had WORKed through the roof дъждът постепенно беше проникнал през покрива
the nut WORKed itself loose гайката се разхлаби от само себе си
to WORK oneself into a rage постепенно се докарвам до състояние на ярост, навивам се
work away работя без прекъсване, продължавам да работя
work down смъквам се/свличам се постепенно (за чорапи и пр.)
to WORK one's way down слизам/смъквам се внимателно/предпазливо, намалявам, оформям (чрез дялане и пр.)
work in вмъквам, вмествам (се), съгласувам (се), комбинирам (се), съвпадам, прониквам (за прах и пр.)

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{wъ:k} n 1. работа; труд; to be at work на работа съм; работя; в де(2) {wъ:k} v (pt, рр и wrought {rъ:t}) 1. работя, занимавам се

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функционирам; съчинение; труд; творба; трудов; творение; служа; произведение; работен; работа; работя;

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1. 1 вмъквам, вмествам (пасаж и пр.) (into в) 2. 1 донасям, докарвам, причинявам, създавам 3. 1 изработен по някакъв начин предмет/ (част от) украса на предмет (от дърво, метал, камък и пр.) 4. 1 меся, омесвам, кова, изковавам, мачкам 5. 1 ост. изработка 6. 1 ост. мина 7. 1 получавам срещу/откупвам с работа 8. 1 правя, върша, извършвам (чудеса и пр.) 9. 1 преработвам 10. 1 придвижвам се, докарвам се (до някакво положение, състояние) 11. 1 смятам, пресмятам, решавам (задача) 12. 1 шег. вътрешни органи, стомах 13. a work of art произведение на изкуството 14. a work of genius гениално произведение 15. a work of time дълга/продължителна работа 16. bright work полирани метални части 17. day's work (едно) дневна/всекидневна работа 18. dirty works подлости, низости, мръсни дела 19. forces at work действуващи/движещи сили 20. good works добри дела/постъпки 21. he is hard at work writing той усилено пишe 22. he worked his jaws той движеше челюстите си 23. his features were working convulsively лицето му се свиваше конвулсивно 24. i don't know how to set/go about my work не зная как да започна/подхвана работата си 25. i'll work it (if i can) sl. всякак ще го направя/постигна (стига да мога) 26. i. работа, труд 27. ii. работя, занимавам се (at, on с, над, върху) 28. in and out work непостоянна работа 29. in regular work на редовна/постоянна работа 30. it won't work! това няма да го бъде/да стане 31. it's all in the day's work това е нещо обикновено/всекидневно 32. out of work безработен 33. pl механизъм (на часовник и пр.) 34. pl строежи 35. pl укрепления 36. public works обществени строежи 37. the drug has done its work лекарството подействува 38. the nut worked itself loose гайката се разхлаби от само себе си 39. the rain had worked through the roof дъждът постепенно беше проникнал през покрива 40. the works of събраните съчинения/произведения/трудове на 41. there is some secret influence at work тук действува/има някакво скрито влияние 42. thirsty/dry work уморителна работа (която me кара да ожaдняваш) 43. to be at work на работа съм, работя, в действие съм 44. to be kept hard at work имам много работа 45. to get/set to work заемам се/залавям се за/започвам работа 46. to give someone the works прен. давам/казвам на някого всичко, убивам някого 47. to make good work of something добре се справям с нещо 48. to make hard work of something правя нещо да изглежда птрудно, отколкото е 49. to make short work of something свършвам бързо/виждам бързо сметка на нещо 50. to set someone to work карам някого да работи, намирам му работа 51. to work against time работя ускорено, мъча се да свърша навреме 52. to work one's men too hard карам хората си да работят прeкалено много, преуморявам ги 53. to work one's passage on a ship отработвам си билета/пътуването с кораб 54. to work one's way down слизам/смъквам се внимателно/предпазливо, намалявам, оформям (чрез дялане и пр.) 55. to work one's way through college работя, за да се издържам в университета 56. to work oneself into a rage постепенно се докарвам до състояние на ярост, навивам се 57. to work oneself to death съсипвам се/изтрепвам се от работа 58. to work someone's ruin погубвам/съсипвам някого 59. warm work напрeгната/опасна работа, ожесточено сражение 60. work away работя без прекъсване, продължавам да работя 61. work down смъквам се/свличам се постепенно (за чорапи и пр.) 62. work in вмъквам, вмествам (се), съгласувам (се), комбинирам (се), съвпадам, прониквам (за прах и пр.) 63. you did a good day's work when you bought that house добра работа свърши/добре направи, като купи тази къща 64. въздействие, ефект 65. въздействувам, постигам/давам резултат, успявам (за средство, план и пр.) 66. движа (се), свивам (се), гърча (се) 67. движа се, проправям си път (обик. с наречие) 68. дело, деяние 69. експлоатирам (мина и пр.), обработвам (земя и пр.), върша определена работа (агитация и пр.) в даден район 70. изработвам 71. карам да работи 72. кипя, ферментирам 73. оформям (into в) 74. рl обик. с гл. в sing фабрика, завод 75. работа, ръкоделие, бродерия, плетиво 76. работа, труд, съчинение, произведение, творба, творчество 77. работя/функционирам правилно, действувам, движа се, вървя (за механизъм и пр.) 78. ръководя, управлявам, контролирам, стопанисвам (машина, къща и пр.) 79. ушивам, бродирам (in c-за материала) 80. физ. работа
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work[wə:k] I. v ( worked, ост. wrought[rɔ:t]) 1. работя; занимавам се (on, at върху, над, с); to \work against time старая се да свърша работа в определен срок; to \work o.'s arse ( butt, tail) off sl съдирам се (скъсвам се) от работа; 2. работя, функционирам, действам; вървя, движа се (за механизъм и пр.); 3. (въз)действам, подействам; постигам (давам) резултат, успявам (за средство, план и пр.); it won't \work! това няма да стане; няма да тръгне (напр. за двигател)! 4. изработвам; ушивам, избродирам (in с; за материала); 5. движа се, проправям си ( път) (обикн. с наречия); we \worked ( our way) south through the forest ние си проправяхме път на юг през гората; 6. ферментирам, кипя; 7. движа (се), свивам (се), гърча (се); her mouth was \working in her sleep устата ѝ се движеше в съня ѝ; 8. карам да работи; he \works his men hard той яко пришпорва работниците си; 9. управлявам, карам (машина и пр.); to \work a lathe работя на струг; 10. експлоатирам ( мина); обработвам ( земя); върша определена работа (в даден район; напр. агитация); he \worked the clubs developing his comedy act той гастролираше из клубовете, доразвивайки комедийния си номер; 11. решавам ( задача); смятам; 12. меся, омесвам; мачкам; 13. преработвам ( into); 14. вмъквам ( into) (за пасаж и пр.); 15. донасям, докарвам, причинявам, създавам; to \work s.o.'s ruin докарвам някого до разорение, съсипвам някого; 16. правя, върша (чудеса и пр.); ост. правя ( впечатление); 17. получавам срещу работа; to \work o.'s passage on a ship плащам си билета на кораб с работа; to \work o.'s way through college работя, за да се издържам сам в университета; 18. докарвам до някакво състояние; to \work o.s. to death, to \work o.'s fingers to the bone съсипвам се (изтрепвам се) от работа; the rope \worked ( itself) loose въжето се отпусна (разхлаби); to \work s.o. into a frenzy довеждам някого до ярост; вбесявам някого; 19. sl изработвам; изигравам; изпързалвам; II. n 1. работа; труд; to be in ( out of) \work на работа съм (безработен съм); factory at \work действаща фабрика; the same trend is at \work in politics в политиката се наблюдава (действа) същата тенденция; we are kept hard at \work имаме много работа; he was hard at \work writing той усилено пишеше; to set to \work заемам се (залавям се) за работа; a piece of \work, разг. a job of \work работа, задача; a nice piece of \work he's done there добра работа е свършил (често ирон.); to make short ( light) \work of свършвам набързо, виждам сметката на; to have o.'s \work cut out (to do s.th.) много ми е трудна задачата, не ми е лесно (да направя нещо); а day's \work (едно)дневна работа, всекидневна работа; it's all in the day's \work това е нещо обикновено (всекидневно); you did a good day's \work when you bought the house добре направихте, че купихте тази къща; thirsty ( dry) \work работа, която те кара да ожадняваш; collar ( spade, uphill) \work тежка (черна) работа; rush \work бърза (спешна, напрегната) работа; warm \work напрегната или опасна работа; ожесточено сражение; 2. работа, ръкоделие; бродерия; плетиво; 3. работа, съчинение, произведение; творба; творение; творчество; the \works of събраните съчинения (произведения) на; a \work of art произведение на изкуството; a \work of genius гениално произведение; 4. дело; деяние (и библ.); good \works добри дела; dirty \work подлост, низост, мръсотия; 5. физ. работа; 6. въздействие, ефект; the drug has done its \work лекарството подейства; 7. pl строежи; clerk of the \works инспектор по строежите; public \works обществени сгради; 8. pl воен. укрепления; 9. pl механизъм (на часовник и пр.); съоръжения, инсталация; 10. pl ( често = sing) фабрика, завод; steel \works стоманолеярна; 11. разг., шег. вътрешни органи; вътрешности; стомах; 12. ост. мина; 13. (в съчет.) изделие; needle\work бродерия; шевица; fancy \work бродерия; silver \work сребърни изделия; bright\work полирани части; 14. ост. изработка; • the ( whole) \works и всичко останало (при изброяване); a nasty piece of \work разг. гадняр, копеле; to be in the \works ам. в процес на подготовка, предстоящ (да бъде пуснат в експлоатация); to throw a spanner in the \works слагам прът в колелата, спъвам; осуетявам ( планове); to give s.o. the \works ам. разг. 1) подлагам (някого) на пълната серия от процедури (напр. за козметик, фризьор и пр.); 2) отнасям се грубо с някого; експлоатирам някого; to gum up the \works обърквам цялата работа; 15. attr работен; (предназначен) за работа; \work clothes работно облекло; a \work permit разрешително за работа.

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