watch cell

tengo una pila de cosas que hacer — I have heaps o piles of things to do

estar pila — ( muerto) to be dead; ( sin dinero) to be broke (colloq)

funciona a pila(s) or con pilas — it runs on batteries o is battery-operated

cargar las pilas — (fam) to recharge one's batteries (colloq)

ponerse las pilas — (fam) to get cracking (colloq)

hace una pila de años — eons ago (colloq)

estar pila — ( muerto) to be dead; ( sin dinero) to be broke (colloq)

funciona a pila(s) or con pilas — it runs on batteries o is battery-operated

cargar las pilas — (fam) to recharge one's batteries (colloq)

ponerse las pilas — (fam) to get cracking (colloq)

hace una pila de años — eons ago (colloq)

Ex: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.

Ex: Laptop batteries on planes are an accident waiting to happen: Terror without terrorists.

Ex: Although the Church proclaims one sacramental baptism, the font at the entrance of churches and the blessing of objects with holy water repeats this theme under the title of sacramental rather than sacrament.

to machine all over — обрабатывать ( изделие) кругом

to dry run the machine — управлять станком на холостом ходу ( без обработки)

to program the machine — программировать ( обработку) на станке

à 10 heures et demie pile — at ten-thirty sharp ou on the dot (colloq)

tu tombes pile — ( au bon moment) you've come just at the right time; ( la personne qu'il faut) you're just the person I wanted to see

tu es tombé pile — ( en devinant) you hit the nail on the head (colloq)

ça tombe pile — ( au bon moment) that's lucky

à piles — [jouet, réveil] battery-operated (épith)

ils ont décidé à pile ou face — ( choix de personne) they tossed for it; ( choix d'option) they decided it on the flip ou toss of the coin

at work — (engaged in working) bei der Arbeit; (fig.): (operating) am Werk (see also academic.ru/23063/e">e)

be at work on something — an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten; (fig.) auf etwas (Akk.) wirken

set to work — [Person:] sich an die Arbeit machen

set somebody to work — jemanden an die Arbeit schicken

all work and no play — immer nur arbeiten

have one's work cut out — viel zu tun haben; sich ranhalten müssen (ugs.)

is that all your own work? — hast du das alles selbst gemacht?

work of art — Kunstwerk, das

at work — (place of employment) auf der Arbeit (see also a)

the [whole/full] works — der ganze Kram (ugs.)

give somebody the works — (fig.) (give somebody the best possible treatment) jemandem richtig verwöhnen (ugs.); (give somebody the worst possible treatment) jemanden fertig machen (salopp)

work for a cause — etc. für eine Sache usw. arbeiten

work against something — (impede) einer Sache (Dat.) entgegenstehen

make the washing machine/television work — die Waschmaschine/den Fernsehapparat in Ordnung bringen

work in a material — mit od. (fachspr.) in einem Material arbeiten

work against — arbeiten gegen; see also work on

work round to a question — (fig.) sich zu einer Frage vorarbeiten

work it or things so that... — (coll.) es deichseln, dass... (ugs.)

work one's way up/into something — sich hocharbeiten/in etwas (Akk.) hineinarbeiten

work something into something — etwas zu etwas verarbeiten; (mix in) etwas unter etwas (Akk.) rühren

she worked her way through college — sie hat sich (Dat.) ihr Studium selbst verdient; see also passage 6)