work on

(intr, preposition) to persuade or influence or attempt to persuade or influence

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Verb	1.	work on - to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold" work at work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" belabor, belabour - to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"
	2.	work on - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" work, process transform, transmute, transubstantiate - change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" hot-work - roll, press, forge, or shape (metal) while hot cold work, coldwork - shape (metal) without heat overwork - use too much; "This play has been overworked" make over, retread, rework - use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" rack - work on a rack; "rack leather" tool - work with a tool till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

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? work on

vi → weiterarbeiten

vt sep lid, washer → daraufbringen

vi +prep obj

car, book, subject, accent → arbeiten an (+dat); who’s working on this case? → wer bearbeitet diesen Fall?

evidence, assumption → ausgehen von; principle (person) → ausgehen von; (machine) → arbeiten nach; there are not many clues to work on → es gibt nicht viele Hinweise, auf die man zurückgreifen könnte; I’m working on this one lead → ich habe alles an diesem einen Anhaltspunkt aufgehängt

we haven’t solved it yet but we’re still working on it → wir haben es noch nicht gelöst, aber wir sind dabei; if we work on him a little longer we might persuade him → wenn wir ihn noch ein Weilchen bearbeiten, können wir ihn vielleicht überreden; obviously the other side have been working on him → ihn hat offensichtlich die Gegenseite in der Mache gehabt (inf)

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at work cold work do work drudgery energy unit get handwork heat unit Job labor labour leatherwork make-work missionary work out of work overwork piece of work put to work toil	I do not know which to put first, the effect of Tuskegee's work on the Negro, or the effect on the attitude of the white man to the Negro. Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context When my father started for himself, there were many men in Manchester who were willing to labor in this way, but they had no factory to work in, no machinery to work with, and no raw cotton to work on, simply because all this indispensable plant, and the materials for producing a fresh supply of it, had been appropriated by earlier comers. An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context This was one of the speeches of the marchande de mode to Adrienne, and the dear girl repeated it in her mind, as she sat at work on me, without the slightest distrust of the heartless selfishness it so ill concealed. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context	wordwrap wordy wore work work animal work at work away work back work basket work bench work camp work day work down work ethic work experience work farm work flow work force work function work hardening work in work in progress work load work of art work off work on work order work out work over work papers work party work permit work release work sheet work shift work shoe work song work station work stoppage work study work surface work table work through work time work to rule work unit work up work up to work-board work-clothes work-clothing	Work Needed and Prospective Packages Work Negotiation Meeting Work Not Welfare work of adhesion work of art work of art work of art work of art Work of Breathing Work of Breathing Work of Breathing Patient Work of Breathing per Liter Work of Engineering Construction Work of Fracture Work of Literary Merit Work of Nasal Breathing Work of Shock Absorbers Work of Shock Absorbers Work of the Chariot Trust work of worrying work off work off work off work off work off work off Work office Work office Work office Work office work on Work on Hold Work on Line Work on Weekends work oneself into a lather work oneself into a sweat work oneself up work oneself up into Work Only When Needed Work Opportunities for Women in the Information Society Work Opportunity Credit Work Opportunity Credits Work Opportunity Program Work Opportunity Tax Credit Work order Work order Work order Work order Work Order & Work Accomplishment Record Work Order Age Work Order and Flow Chart Work Order Authorization Work Order Bin Work Order Code Work Order Control Work Order Control System Work Order Generator Work Order Generator System

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at work
cold work
do work
drudgery
energy unit
get
handwork
heat unit
Job
labor
labour
leatherwork
make-work
missionary work
out of work
overwork
piece of work
put to work
toil

I do not know which to put first, the effect of Tuskegee's work on the Negro, or the effect on the attitude of the white man to the Negro.

Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context

When my father started for himself, there were many men in Manchester who were willing to labor in this way, but they had no factory to work in, no machinery to work with, and no raw cotton to work on, simply because all this indispensable plant, and the materials for producing a fresh supply of it, had been appropriated by earlier comers.

An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context

This was one of the speeches of the marchande de mode to Adrienne, and the dear girl repeated it in her mind, as she sat at work on me, without the slightest distrust of the heartless selfishness it so ill concealed.

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

Work Needed and Prospective Packages
Work Negotiation Meeting
Work Not Welfare
work of adhesion
work of art
work of art
work of art
work of art
Work of Breathing
Work of Breathing
Work of Breathing Patient
Work of Breathing per Liter
Work of Engineering Construction
Work of Fracture
Work of Literary Merit
Work of Nasal Breathing
Work of Shock Absorbers
Work of Shock Absorbers
Work of the Chariot Trust
work of worrying
work off
work off
work off
work off
work off
work off
Work office
Work office
Work office
Work office

work on

Work on Hold
Work on Line
Work on Weekends
work oneself into a lather
work oneself into a sweat
work oneself up
work oneself up into
Work Only When Needed
Work Opportunities for Women in the Information Society
Work Opportunity Credit
Work Opportunity Credits
Work Opportunity Program
Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Work order
Work order
Work order
Work order
Work Order & Work Accomplishment Record
Work Order Age
Work Order and Flow Chart
Work Order Authorization
Work Order Bin
Work Order Code
Work Order Control
Work Order Control System
Work Order Generator
Work Order Generator System