Significat de work en anglès

• 0 to do a job that you get money for

  • Helen works for a computer company.

  • He works as a waiter in an Italian restaurant.

• 1 If a machine or piece of equipment works, it is not broken.

  • The fridge isn’t working.

• 2 If something works, it is successful.

  • Her plan to get rid of me didn’t work.

• 3 to work extremely hard, especially for a long time

  • She worked her fingers to the bone to provide a home and food for seven children.

• 4 something you do to get money

  • Has she found any work yet?

• 5 the place where you go to do your job

  • He had an accident at work.

• 6 the activities that you do at school, for your job, etc.

  • Do you have a lot of work to do?

• 7 the effort needed to do something

  • Painting that room was hard work.

• 8 not having a job

  • I’ve been out of work for the last six months.

• 9 a painting, book, piece of music, etc.

  • the complete works of Shakespeare

• 10 to start doing something

  • I need to get to work on my essay.

• 11 to have something very difficult to do

  • It’s a demanding job – she’s going to have her work cut out for her.