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1 a se pune pe treabă
to begin / to start doing smth.to get / to set / to go / to turn / to fall to workto get down to workto hitch up to a jobbibl. to put / to set one's hand to the plough\a se pune pe treabă serios / cu sârg to set to work with a good-willto take off one's coat to workto throw all one's energies into a taskfig. to turn on the steamto buckle to / down to work / a taskto put one's best foot foremost / forwardsl. amer. to get up / to go (off) on one's ear. -
2 a se aşterne pe lucru
to set about (one's) workto get / to set to work. -
3 a da de lucru cuiva
1. to task smb.to set smb. a jobto give smb. workto find work for smb.to set smb. to work.2. fig. to give smb. a lot of trouble. -
4 a pune pe cineva să muncească
to set smb. to work( serios) to bring smb. to the scratch( până nu mai poate) to work smb. to death( neîntrerupt) to keep smb. at work.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a pune pe cineva să muncească
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5 a se apuca de lucru
to set / to turn to workto start on a taskto proceed to businessto get up and digto be on one's toesto set oneself to do smth.to get up / to go (off) on one's oarnot to let the grass grow under one's feet. -
6 a pune osul / umărul la treabă
to set one's hand to the ploughto pull (all) one's weightto make a special effortto do a lick of work.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a pune osul / umărul la treabă
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7 a pune în funcţiune o maşină
to set a machine to workto put a machine in working order.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a pune în funcţiune o maşină
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8 a umbla cu mare precauţie
to go to work / to set about it with great caution.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a umbla cu mare precauţie
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9 a-şi pune mintea la contribuţie / sub teasc
to use one's brains / head / wits / sl. bean / loafto exercise one's witsto set one's wits to workto put one's thinking cap onlit. to band one's mind (to study)to tax one's ingenuitypune-ţi \a-şi pune mintea la contribuţie / sub teasc! do some hard thinking!Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a-şi pune mintea la contribuţie / sub teasc
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