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I . work [wɜ:k, Am wɜ:rk] N

3. work:

work (sth produced)
praca f
work (artist's)
dzieło nt

II . work [wɜ:k, Am wɜ:rk] VB intr

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2. work machine, plan, medicine:

work
działać [perf za-]

4. work liter (of face):

work
zmieniać [perf zmienić] wyraz

III . work [wɜ:k, Am wɜ:rk] VB trans

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4. work (bring about):

to work miracles [or wonders]
działać [perf z-] cuda

5. work (shape):

work
obrabiać [perf obrobić]

6. work (exploit):

work
eksploatować
work land
uprawiać

7. work (by working):

work
odpracowywać [perf odpracować]

casual work N no pl

clerical work N no pl

donkey work N no pl Brit inf

1. donkey work (hard work):

donkey work
czarna robota f

2. donkey work (boring work):

donkey work
robota f głupiego

personnel work N no pl

research work N

social work N no pl

welfare work N

work in VB trans

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work off VB trans

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Usage examples with worked

sth worked itself loose
coś się poluzowało
worked by electricity
napędzany elektrycznie
he worked up a big thirst after that race
strasznie zachciało mu się pić po tym biegu

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The hospital was strictly a military facility; only military were treated there and only military personnel worked on the staff.
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With issues to be worked on, the company had to reschedule a launch date for e-commerce.
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During much of the 1980s, when this painting was done, he worked and sold his art independently.
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Just before the war he worked at a fishery collective farm.
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Just to hover in the room where they worked or plotted was instructive.
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He worked as a houseboy on the estate and, as a young man, worked in the lumberyard.
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Between 1904 and 1913 he worked as a stoker on a freighter.
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He later worked as a window cleaner for 12 months before selling the round for a profit.
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He later worked in the oil business after being released from prison as a result of a presidential commutation.
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His was a dangerous occupation: the relay of postal runners worked throughout the day and night, vulnerable to attacks by bandits and wild animals.
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