donkey work u rečniku PONS

Prevodi za donkey work u rečniku engleski»srpski

'don·key work N no pl inf

donkey work

težak i dosadan rad m coarse

donkey work

fizikalisanje nt

Prevodi za donkey work u rečniku engleski»srpski

don·key ['dɒŋki] N

donkey

magarac m a. fig

donkey's years

veoma dug period

donkey's years

večnost

I.work [wɜːk] N

1. work no pl (useful activity):

work

rad m

good work! fig

odlično (obavljeno)!

it's hard work doing sth (strenuous)

naporno je raditi nešto

it's hard work doing sth (difficult)

teško

2. work no pl (employment):

work

posao m

to look for work

tražiti posao

to be in work

imati posao

to be out of work

biti bez posla

3. work no pl (place of employment):

work

posao m

to be at work

biti na poslu

to be off work

biti slobodan

to be off work (due to illness)

biti na bolovanju

to commute to work

ići prevozom na posao

4. work (construction, repairs):

works pl

radovi

pl building/road works

građevinski radovi/radovi na putu

5. work no pl:

work (result, product)

rezultat rada m

work (act)

delo nt

this is the work of professional thieves

ovo je delo profesionalnih lopova

6. work:

work ART, LIT, MUS

delo nt

works of art

umetnička dela

7. work (factory):

works + sing/pl vb

fabrika

8. work inf (everything):

the works pl

apsolutno sve

II.work [wɜːk] ADJ

works canteen, inspection

fabrički

works premises

radne prostorije

III.work [wɜːk] VB intr

1. work (do a job):

work

uraditi // raditi

to work like a slave [or Am, Aus dog]

raditi kao konj sl

to work hard

naporno raditi

to work together

raditi zajedno

2. work (be busy, active):

work

uraditi // raditi

to work at [or on] sth

raditi na nečemu

to work for [or towards] sth

raditi za nešto [or nekim ciljem]

3. work (have an effect):

work

delovati imperf

to work in sb's favour

raditi u nečiju korist

4. work (function):

work

raditi imperf

work generator, motor

funkcionisati imperf

my cell phone doesn't work

moj mobilni telefon ne radi

5. work (be successful):

work

delovati imperf

work plan, tactics

uspeti // uspevati

6. work medicine, pill:

work

delovati imperf

IV.work [wɜːk] VB trans

1. work (make work):

to work oneself to death inf

satreti se od rada

2. work (operate):

work machine

upravljati imperf

work piece of equipment

uraditi // raditi +instr

3. work (move):

to work one's way down a list

pregledati spisak

to work one's way up

popeti se

to work sth free/loose

osloboditi/odvezati nešto

4. work (bring about):

work

učiniti // činiti

to work miracles

činiti čuda

5. work (mix, rub):

to work sth into sth

utrljati nešto u nešto drugo

to work sth into sth food

pomešati nešto sa nečim

6. work (cultivate):

to work the land

obrađivati zemlju

7. work (pay for by working):

to work one's way through university

plaćati troškove studiranja radom

Phrases:

to work one's fingers to the bone [for sb] inf

izgarati od posla

to work a treat Brit inf

izvrsno delovati

Jednojezični primeri (nisu ih verifikovali PONS urednici)

engleski

Certainly, we are doing donkey work when on-call.

www.imt.ie

I was a bit worried as he had to do his own donkey work as there wasn't any obvious pace, but he is quite willing to do that.

www.skysports.com

I can't say it was exciting, exactly -- at least not for those of us doing the donkey work -- but you knew you were making a difference.

www.radiotimes.com

The maximum life expectancy of a coal mining donkey is 12 to 13 years, compared to around 20 years for a donkey working outside.

blogs.reuters.com

The answer is yes - but only if you're prepared to put up with a bit of donkey work.

www.independent.ie

But this obstacle could soon be removed, by allowing computers to do most of the donkey work.

www.bbc.co.uk

If the animal was sick, prisoners would be drafted in to do the donkey work.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Yet the donkey work in debt reduction is nearly always done not via austerity but through growth and inflation.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The members are foot soldiers, there to do the donkey work, but not really to be trusted and certainly not the key to solving difficult problems.

www.workersliberty.org

But you also need the ones that will do all the donkey work.

www.independent.co.uk