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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-şi sufleca mânecile
1. to turn / to roll up one's sleevesto turn back one's sleeves.2. fig. to take off one's coat to work. -
3 a-i veni rândul
fig. to have one's day / inningsto take one's turn at work, etc.e rândul tău it's your turnyour turn will come. -
4 a face grevă
to (go on) striketo walk outto stop workto come / to turn outto put down toolsto throw up workto strike workto throw down one's tools. -
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 după faptă şi răsplată
prov. as the work, so the paythe biter bitone good turn deserves anothertit for tataprox. to come to one's autumnmeasure for measure.
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