work on

work on
1. transitive verb
1) (expend effort on)

work on something — an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten

2) (use as basis)

work on something — von etwas ausgehen

3) (try to persuade)

work on somebody — jemanden bearbeiten (ugs.)

2. intransitive verb
weiterarbeiten
* * *
1. vi
weiterarbeiten
2. vt sep
lid, washer daraufbringen
3. vi +prep obj
1) car, book, subject, accent arbeiten an (+dat)

who's working on this case? — wer bearbeitet diesen Fall?

2) 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

3)

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)

* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (expend effort on)

work on something — an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten

2) (use as basis)

work on something — von etwas ausgehen

3) (try to persuade)

work on somebody — jemanden bearbeiten (ugs.)

2. intransitive verb
weiterarbeiten

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