workings in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.working [Brit ˈwəːkɪŋ, Am ˈwərkɪŋ] N

III.working [Brit ˈwəːkɪŋ, Am ˈwərkɪŋ] ADJ

hard-working [Brit ˌhɑːdˈwəːkɪŋ, Am hɑrd ˈwərkɪŋ] ADJ

non-working [Am ˌnɑnˈwərkɪŋ] ADJ

workings in the PONS Dictionary

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workings Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be in good working order
être en bon état de fonctionnement
to have a working knowledge of English
avoir des bases d'anglais
they won't move on working hours
ils ne feront pas la moindre concession sur les heures de travail
I'm working/speaking as her deputy
je travaille/m'exprime en tant que son adjoint(e)
to be ready to start working
être à pied d'œuvre
to have French origins/a working-class background
être d'origine française/ouvrière
to be on but not working
tourner à vide machine
to be working at full capacity
tourner à plein rendement [ou régime]
to be in the middle of working
être en plein travail
to help sb readjust to working life
réadapter qn à la vie professionnelle

workings Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

workings Glossary of Refrigeration Technology courtesy of GEA Bock GmbH

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Launched in 1913, her hull and inner workings were nearing twenty years old.
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His critical broadcasts inspired other journalists to investigate the inner workings of the organization including its connection to the CIA.
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The fire the spread quickly, fanned by the strong ventilation and ignited timber supports, sending dense clouds of smoke and fumes into the mine workings.
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Although she was never a nun, she was endowed with wide powers over the internal workings of the monastery.
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It also occurs in dry caves and old mine workings as an efflorescence and as a crusty sublimate deposit around fumaroles.
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Everyone here has a metal covering that hides all their inner workings.
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Her proposals amount in effect to very little: a controlled experiment in using market methods to improve the workings of social democracy.
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For a short distance the workings are several metres high as the footpath descends the hill through the ditch and onto the flatter ground below.
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That, however, is where any resemblance to the grimy inner-workings of machinery ends and the resemblance to your grandmother's delicate chinaware begins.
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After a month of attrition, a force of 2,000 cossacks stormed the fort and, although rebuffed, captured part of its outer workings.
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