work

I 1. [wɜːk]

nome

1) (physical or mental activity) lavoro m.

to be at work on sth. — lavorare a qcs., essere occupato a fare qcs.

to go to o set to o get to work mettersi al lavoro; to set to work doing mettersi a fare; to put a lot of work into dedicare molto impegno a [essay, meal, preparations]; to put o set sb. to work mettere qcn. al lavoro, fare lavorare qcn.; we put him to work doing l'abbiamo messo a fare; it was hard work doing è stato difficile o è stata una fatica fare; to be hard at work lavorare sodo, darci dentro col lavoro; your essay needs more work il tuo compito ha bisogno di altro lavoro; to make short o light work of sth. liquidare o sbrigare qcs. velocemente; to make short work of sb. liquidare qcn. o levarsi qcn. di torno rapidamente; it's all in a day's work è roba d'ordinaria amministrazione, fa parte del lavoro; it's hot, thirsty work — fa venire caldo, sete

2) (occupation) lavoro m., occupazione f., mestiere m.

to be in work — avere un lavoro o un'occupazione

place of work — luogo di lavoro

to be off work — (on vacation) essere in ferie, in permesso

to be off work with flu — essere a casa con l'influenza, essere assente a causa dell'influenza

to be out of work — essere disoccupato o senza lavoro

3) (place of employment) lavoro m.

to go to work — andare al lavoro o a lavorare

don't phone me at work — non telefonarmi al lavoro

4) (building, construction) lavori m.pl. (on a)

5) (papers)

to take one's work home — portarsi il lavoro a casa; fig. portarsi il lavoro, i problemi del lavoro a casa

6) (achievement, product) (essay, report) lavoro m.; (artwork, novel, sculpture) lavoro m., opera f. (by di); (study) lavoro m., studio m. (by di; on su); (research) lavoro m., ricerche f.pl. (on su)

is this all your own work? — è tutta opera tua? (more informal) l'hai fatto tu?

to mark students' work — correggere i compiti degli studenti

a work of reference — un'opera di consultazione

it's the work of professionals — è opera di professionisti

7) (effect)

to go to work — [drug, detergent] agire

2.

nome plurale works

1) (factory) fabbrica f.sing., officina f.sing.

works canteen — mensa aziendale

2) (building work) lavori m.

3) colloq. (everything)

the (full o whole) works — tutto (quanto)

3.

modificatore [clothes, shoes] da lavoro; [phone number] del lavoro; [permit] di lavoro

II 1. [wɜːk]

verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. ant. lett. wrought)

1) (drive)

to work sb. hard — fare lavorare sodo o fare sgobbare qcn

2) (labour)

to work shifts — fare i turni

to work days, nights — lavorare di giorno, di notte

to work one's way through university — lavorare per pagarsi l'università

to work one's way through a book — leggere un libro da cima a fondo

to work a 40 hour week — lavorare 40 ore settimanali

3) (operate) fare funzionare, azionare [computer, equipment]

4) (exploit commercially) sfruttare [land, mine]

5) (have as one's territory) [representative] coprire, fare [region]

6) (consume)

to work one's way through — consumare [amount, quantity]

7) (bring about)

to work wonders — fare meraviglie (anche fig.)

8) (use to one's advantage)

to work the system — sfruttare il sistema

how did you manage to work it? — come ci sei riuscito? come sei riuscito a sistemare le cose?

I've worked things so that... — ho sistemato le cose in modo che

9) (fashion) lavorare [clay, metal]

10) (embroider) ricamare [design] (into su)

11) (manoeuvre)

to work sth. into — infilare qcs. in [slot, hole]

12) (exercise) fare lavorare [muscles]

13) (move)

to work one's way through — aprirsi un passaggio tra, farsi largo tra [crowd]

to work one's way along — avanzare lungo [ledge]

to work one's hands free — liberarsi le mani

it worked its way loose it worked itself loose si è allentato (poco a poco); to work its way into — passare, entrare in [bloodstream, system]

2.

verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. ant. lett. wrought)

1) (engage in activity) lavorare

to work at the hospital — lavorare in o all'ospedale

to work as a teacher — lavorare come insegnante

to work in oils — [artist] dipingere a olio

to work against corruption — lottare contro la corruzione

to work towards — adoperarsi per, lavorare per raggiungere [solution, compromise]

2) (function) funzionare

to work on electricity — funzionare o andare a corrente elettrica

to work off the mains — funzionare a corrente

the washing machine isn't working — la lavatrice non funziona

3) (act, operate)

it doesn't o things don't work like that le cose non funzionano così; to work in sb.'s favour to work to sb.'s advantage giocare, tornare a vantaggio di qcn.; to work against sb. to work to sb.'s disadvantage — giocare, tornare a sfavore di qcn

4) (be successful) [treatment] essere efficace, fare effetto; [detergent, drug] agire, essere efficace; [plan, argument] funzionare

flattery won't work with me — le lusinghe non funzionano con me

3.

verbo riflessivo (pass., p.pass. ant. lett. wrought)

1) (labour)

to work oneself too hard — lavorare troppo

to work oneself to death — ammazzarsi di lavoro

2) (rouse)

to work oneself into a rage — andare in collera, infuriarsi

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- work around

- work in

- work off

- work on

- work out

- work over

- work to

- work up

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to work one's way up (the company) — fare carriera (nell'azienda)

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[wə:k] 1. noun

1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) lavoro

2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) lavoro

3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) lavoro

4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) opera

5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) lavoro

6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) lavoro

2. verb

1) (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.) lavorare, far lavorare

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) lavorare

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.) funzionare, far funzionare

4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) funzionare

5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) avanzare faticosamente

6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) diventare

7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) lavorare

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- -work

- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural

1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.)

2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) meccanismo

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- work-basket

- 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
- work wonders

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I 1. [wɜːk]

nome

1) (physical or mental activity) lavoro m.

to be at work on sth. — lavorare a qcs., essere occupato a fare qcs.

to go to o set to o get to work mettersi al lavoro; to set to work doing mettersi a fare; to put a lot of work into dedicare molto impegno a [essay, meal, preparations]; to put o set sb. to work mettere qcn. al lavoro, fare lavorare qcn.; we put him to work doing l'abbiamo messo a fare; it was hard work doing è stato difficile o è stata una fatica fare; to be hard at work lavorare sodo, darci dentro col lavoro; your essay needs more work il tuo compito ha bisogno di altro lavoro; to make short o light work of sth. liquidare o sbrigare qcs. velocemente; to make short work of sb. liquidare qcn. o levarsi qcn. di torno rapidamente; it's all in a day's work è roba d'ordinaria amministrazione, fa parte del lavoro; it's hot, thirsty work — fa venire caldo, sete

2) (occupation) lavoro m., occupazione f., mestiere m.

to be in work — avere un lavoro o un'occupazione

place of work — luogo di lavoro

to be off work — (on vacation) essere in ferie, in permesso

to be off work with flu — essere a casa con l'influenza, essere assente a causa dell'influenza

to be out of work — essere disoccupato o senza lavoro

3) (place of employment) lavoro m.

to go to work — andare al lavoro o a lavorare

don't phone me at work — non telefonarmi al lavoro

4) (building, construction) lavori m.pl. (on a)

5) (papers)

to take one's work home — portarsi il lavoro a casa; fig. portarsi il lavoro, i problemi del lavoro a casa

6) (achievement, product) (essay, report) lavoro m.; (artwork, novel, sculpture) lavoro m., opera f. (by di); (study) lavoro m., studio m. (by di; on su); (research) lavoro m., ricerche f.pl. (on su)

is this all your own work? — è tutta opera tua? (more informal) l'hai fatto tu?

to mark students' work — correggere i compiti degli studenti

a work of reference — un'opera di consultazione

it's the work of professionals — è opera di professionisti

7) (effect)

to go to work — [drug, detergent] agire

2.

nome plurale works

1) (factory) fabbrica f.sing., officina f.sing.

works canteen — mensa aziendale

2) (building work) lavori m.

3) colloq. (everything)

the (full o whole) works — tutto (quanto)

3.

modificatore [clothes, shoes] da lavoro; [phone number] del lavoro; [permit] di lavoro

II 1. [wɜːk]

verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. ant. lett. wrought)

1) (drive)

to work sb. hard — fare lavorare sodo o fare sgobbare qcn

2) (labour)

to work shifts — fare i turni

to work days, nights — lavorare di giorno, di notte

to work one's way through university — lavorare per pagarsi l'università

to work one's way through a book — leggere un libro da cima a fondo

to work a 40 hour week — lavorare 40 ore settimanali

3) (operate) fare funzionare, azionare [computer, equipment]

4) (exploit commercially) sfruttare [land, mine]

5) (have as one's territory) [representative] coprire, fare [region]

6) (consume)

to work one's way through — consumare [amount, quantity]

7) (bring about)

to work wonders — fare meraviglie (anche fig.)

8) (use to one's advantage)

to work the system — sfruttare il sistema

how did you manage to work it? — come ci sei riuscito? come sei riuscito a sistemare le cose?

I've worked things so that... — ho sistemato le cose in modo che

9) (fashion) lavorare [clay, metal]

10) (embroider) ricamare [design] (into su)

11) (manoeuvre)

to work sth. into — infilare qcs. in [slot, hole]

12) (exercise) fare lavorare [muscles]

13) (move)

to work one's way through — aprirsi un passaggio tra, farsi largo tra [crowd]

to work one's way along — avanzare lungo [ledge]

to work one's hands free — liberarsi le mani

it worked its way loose it worked itself loose si è allentato (poco a poco); to work its way into — passare, entrare in [bloodstream, system]

2.

verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. ant. lett. wrought)

1) (engage in activity) lavorare

to work at the hospital — lavorare in o all'ospedale

to work as a teacher — lavorare come insegnante

to work in oils — [artist] dipingere a olio

to work against corruption — lottare contro la corruzione

to work towards — adoperarsi per, lavorare per raggiungere [solution, compromise]

2) (function) funzionare

to work on electricity — funzionare o andare a corrente elettrica

to work off the mains — funzionare a corrente

the washing machine isn't working — la lavatrice non funziona

3) (act, operate)

it doesn't o things don't work like that le cose non funzionano così; to work in sb.'s favour to work to sb.'s advantage giocare, tornare a vantaggio di qcn.; to work against sb. to work to sb.'s disadvantage — giocare, tornare a sfavore di qcn

4) (be successful) [treatment] essere efficace, fare effetto; [detergent, drug] agire, essere efficace; [plan, argument] funzionare

flattery won't work with me — le lusinghe non funzionano con me

3.

verbo riflessivo (pass., p.pass. ant. lett. wrought)

1) (labour)

to work oneself too hard — lavorare troppo

to work oneself to death — ammazzarsi di lavoro

2) (rouse)

to work oneself into a rage — andare in collera, infuriarsi

•

- work around

- work in

- work off

- work on

- work out

- work over

- work to

- work up

••

to work one's way up (the company) — fare carriera (nell'azienda)