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put to work
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General English
neutral
informal
To assign a person to perform tasks or labor; to employ someone for work or productive activity.
2.
General English
formal
historical
To compel or force people to perform labor, especially in contexts of coercion, imprisonment, or labor camps.
3.
General English
business
neutral
To put resources, money, equipment, or assets into active use in order to produce goods, services, or financial return.
Examples:
EN:
And no job I was put to work doing to other guys what had been done to me.
ES:
Me puse a hacer lo que aquellos tipos me habían hecho a mí.
EN:
I've been slighted and taught nothing and put to work not fit for me.
ES:
Me han abandonado y he tenido que trabajar obligado.
EN:
It's okay with me like I told ya, providing that kid of yours is put to work.
ES:
Ya te dije que estaba de acuerdo, si tu niña se pone a trabajar.
EN:
And no job I was put to work doing to other guys what had been done to me.
ES:
Me puse a hacer lo que aquellos tipos me habían hecho a mí.
EN:
I've been slighted and taught nothing and put to work not fit for me.
ES:
Me han abandonado y he tenido que trabajar obligado.
EN:
Only after food or an enemy is located with the antennae are the savage mandibles put to work.
ES:
Cuando encuentran comida o a un enemigo emplean sus feroces mandíbulas.
EN:
They were dangerous zones! I could've wound up put to work in Germany!
ES:
Eran zonas peligrosas, ¡podía acabar en Alemania trabajando!
EN:
I've been put to work.
ES:
Estoy destinado a un comando.
EN:
We can always use... use more money to put to work for the bank, can't we, boy?
ES:
El dinero siempre le viene bien al banco.
EN:
There is a war and you are being put to work in labor camps.
ES:
Hay una guerra e irán a trabajar a los campos de trabajo.
EN:
I got a man I want you to put to work.
ES:
Quiero que le dé trabajo a un hombre.
EN:
He becomes a model prisoner and is put to work in the laundry.
ES:
Se convierte en un prisionero modelo y lo afectan a la lavandería.
EN:
And she said that we're going to be put to work?
ES:
¿Y ha dicho que vamos a trabajar?
EN:
Money should be put to work.
ES:
El dinero hay que ponerlo a trabajar.
EN:
Our subjects are in excellent physical condition, ready to be put to work
ES:
Nuestros sujetos se encuentran en excelente condición física, listos para ser puestos a trabajar.
EN:
All put to work in the woollen mills.
ES:
A todos los pusieron a trabajar en las fábricas de lana.
EN:
"they should be put to work in labor columns. "Where," he explained, "doubtless a large part will fall away
ES:
Una vez separados, deben ser puestos para trabajar... en columnas de trabajo, donde ", explicó que...
EN:
It's okay with me like I told ya, providing that kid of yours is put to work.
ES:
Ya te dije que estaba de acuerdo, si tu niña se pone a trabajar.
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