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1 the slums
(the area(s) of a town etc where there are slums: As a social worker, she does a lot of work in the slums.) slummen, slumkvarteren -
2 work
adj. arbets---------n. arbete; verksamhet; yrke; sysselsättning; arbetsplats; verk; gärning; göromål; kraftansträngning--------v. arbeta; fungera; sätta i gång; sköta; bearbeta; lyckas; orsaka; driva; lösa; arbeta sig fram* * *[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) arbete2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) arbete, jobb3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) arbete, grejor4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) verk5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) arbete6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) arbete, jobb2. verb1) (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.) [] arbeta (jobba)2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) arbeta, jobba, ha arbete (jobb)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.) [] fungera4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) fungera, lyckas, klaffa5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) arbeta sig6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) börja bli7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) arbeta, bearbeta•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) urverk, mekanism2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) gärningar•- 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
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3 work out
1) (to solve or calculate correctly: I can't work out how many should be left.) räkna ut2) (to come to a satisfactory end: Don't worry - it will all work out (in the end).) ordna sig3) (to perform physical exercises.) träna -
4 work-day
1) (a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.) arbetsdag2) (the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: My working day is eight hours long.) arbetsdag -
5 work up to
(to progress towards and prepare for: Work up to the difficult exercises gradually.) arbeta sig upp -
6 work-party
nouns (a group of people gathered together (usually voluntarily) to perform a particular physical task: They organized a work-party to clear the canal of weeds.) arbetsgrupp, arbetslag -
7 the ...
((with comparative adjective or adverb) used to show the connection or relationship between two actions, states, processes etc: The harder you work, the more you earn.) ju... desto -
8 -work
1) ((the art of making) goods of a particular material: He learns woodwork at school; This shop sells basketwork.) -arbete, -slöjd2) (parts of something, eg a building, made of a particular material: The stonework/woodwork/paintwork needs to be renewed.) -arbete -
9 work off
(to get rid of (something unwanted or unpleasant) by taking physical exercise etc: He worked off his anger by running round the garden six times.) bli av med, jobba bort -
10 make short work of
göra snabbt, ta hand om fort* * *(to dispose of very quickly: The children made short work of the ice-cream.) avverka snabbt, göra processen kort med -
11 sale of work
(an event at which articles usually made by members of an association are sold to raise money: a sale of work at the church.) välgörenhetsförsäljning, basar -
12 round the clock
dygnet runt, tjugofyra timmar om dygnet (hela tiden, nonstop)* * *(the whole day and the whole night: to work round the clock.) dygnet runt, utan uppehåll -
13 for the present
för närvarande, tills vidare, så länge* * *(as far as the present time is concerned: You've done enough work for the present.) tills vidare, så länge -
14 down the drain
i sjön (bort, förlorad, värdelös, glömd)* * *(wasted: We had to scrap everything and start again - six months' work down the drain!) åt pipan, i sjön -
15 go to work on
(to begin work on: We're thinking of going to work on an extension to the house.) sätta i gång med -
16 social work
socialarbete (arbete inom församlingen, vård och hjälp till de behövande)* * *work which deals with the care of people in a community, especially of the poor, under-privileged etc (noun social worker) socialt arbete, socialarbetare -
17 have one's work cut out
(to be faced with a difficult task: You'll have your work cut out to beat the champion.) -
18 at the expense of
på bekostnad av* * *1) (being paid for by; at the cost of: He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work.) på bekostnad av2) (making (a person) appear ridiculous: He told a joke at his wife's expense.) på ngns bekostnad -
19 take (the) credit (for something)
(to accept the praise given (for something): I did all the work, and he took all the credit.) ta åt sig äran för ngtEnglish-Swedish dictionary > take (the) credit (for something)
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20 take (the) credit (for something)
(to accept the praise given (for something): I did all the work, and he took all the credit.) ta åt sig äran för ngtEnglish-Swedish dictionary > take (the) credit (for something)
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