work+of+imagination

His imagination was at work. (A. Bennett, ‘Accident’, ch. XXII) — У него разыгралось воображение.

He got a kick out of observing Willoughby's mind at work and having the Major, for once, on his side. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book III, ch. 4) — Бингу доставило истинное удовольствие проследить за ходом мыслей Уиллоуби и хоть раз в жизни оказаться одного с ним мнения.

Ex: The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.

productos agrícolas — agricultural produce sing, farm produce sing

productos derivados de la leche — dairy products, dairy produce sing

productos lácteos — dairy products, dairy produce sing

la clonación es producto de años de investigación — cloning is the result o product of years of research

producto interno bruto — Arg gross domestic product

productos nacionales — home-produced goods o products

su éxito es el producto de mucho esfuerzo — her success is the result o product of a great deal of effort

todo es producto de su imaginación — it's all a product o a figment of his imagination

productos nacionales — home-produced goods o products

su éxito es el producto de mucho esfuerzo — her success is the result o product of a great deal of effort

todo es producto de su imaginación — it's all a product o a figment of his imagination

Ex: Neither are the latter group, in the course of their professional activities, likely to feel that the treatment of information as a priceable commodity compromises a principle fundamental to their professional ethic.

Ex: Correct ascription of the authorship of a literary work anonymously or pseudonymously published is a major bibliographical problem.

Ex: Some novels, usually referred to as `literary' novels, are serious works of imagination which aspire to being genuine contributions to thought and culture.

• buenas obras — good works, good deeds

• ser obra de algn — to be sb's doing

• poner por obra un plan — to set a plan in motion

• por obra (y gracia) de — thanks to

por obra y gracia del Espíritu Santo — (Rel) through the working of the Holy Spirit, by the power of the Holy Spirit

cree que el trabajo va a estar terminado mañana por obra y gracia del Espíritu Santo — iró he thinks that the work will miraculously get done tomorrow

obra benéfica — (=acción) charitable deed; (=organización) charitable organization, charity

obra de misericordia — (Rel) work of mercy

obra social — (=organización) benevolent fund for arts, sports etc ; (=labor) charitable work

el tema de la muerte en la obra de Lorca — the subject of death in Lorca o in Lorca's work

una obra de Goya — a work o painting by Goya

obra de divulgación — non-fiction book aimed at a popular audience

hemos estado visitando la obra — we've been visiting the building o construction site

las obras de construcción del hospital — building o construction work on the hospital

los vecinos están de obras — they're having building work done next door, they have the builders in next door *

obras — [en edificio] building under construction; [en carretera] roadworks

página en obras — (Internet) site under construction

sus obras de teatro or su obra dramática — her plays

por sus obras los conoceréis — (Bib) by their works will you know them

estamos de or en obras — we're having some building work done

sus obras de teatro or su obra dramática — her plays

por sus obras los conoceréis — (Bib) by their works will you know them

estamos de or en obras — we're having some building work done

Ex: Better flexibility is achieved if the heating, ventilation and lighting can accommodate this move without the need for any alterations.

Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

travailler quelqu'un — [affaire, idée] to be ou prey on somebody's mind, to bother somebody; ( tourmenter) [jalousie, douleur] to plague somebody

ce sont ses dents qui le travaillent — ( parlant d'un bébé) he is out of sorts because he's teething

travailler à — to work on [projet, dissertation]; to work toward(s) [objectif]

travailler à rétablir la paix — to endeavour [BrE] to restore peace

travailler au noir — gén to work without declaring one's earnings; ( exercer un second emploi non déclaré) to moonlight

travailler à perte — [entreprise, commerce] to run at a loss

travailler son piano — to do one's piano practice Grande-Bretagne to do one's piano practise USA

travailler à — to work on, (= contribuer à) to work towards

travailler à faire — to endeavour to do Grande-Bretagne to endeavor to do USA

Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.

lavorare duro o sodo — to work hard

lavorare di fantasia — (suggestionarsi) to imagine things, (fantasticare) to let one's imagination run free

lavorarsi qn — (fig : convincere) to work on sb

lavorare molto o sodo to work hard; lavorare in fabbrica to work in a factory; lavorare nell'editoria to work in publishing; lavorare per qcn. to work for sb.; lavorare come insegnante to work as a teacher; lavorare in proprio to work for oneself, to freelance; lavorare in nero = to work without declaring one's earnings, under the table; lavorare a cottimo to job; lavorare su un testo, a un progetto to work on a text, project; far lavorare un allievo to make a pupil work; far lavorare il cervello fig. to apply one's mind; lavori troppo di immaginazione — you have an overactive imagination

lavorare qcn. ai fianchi — [ boxeur] to work away at sb.'s ribs

he lay stretched out on the ground — er lag ausgestreckt auf dem Boden

stretch one's legs — (by walking) sich (Dat.) die Beine vertreten

stretch [out of shape] — ausweiten [Schuhe, Jacke]

stretch the truth — [Aussage:] nicht ganz der Wahrheit entsprechen

he's certainly stretching the truth there — er nimmt es hier mit der Wahrheit nicht so genau

stretch it/things — den Bogen überspannen