work

work
[[t]wə:k[/t]] 1. noun
1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) travail
2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) travail
3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) travail
4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) oeuvre
5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) travail
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.) travail
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.) (faire) travailler (sur/à)
2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) travailler
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.) (faire) fonctionner
4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) marcher
5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) progresser (lentement)
6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) devenir peu à peu
7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) façonner
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- workable - worker - works 3. noun plural
1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mécanisme
2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) oeuvres
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- 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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