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work over
Language:
Meanings:
1.
English (general)
informal
colloquial
slang
To attack or beat someone severely; to assault and batter.
To subject someone to rough or coercive treatment, including physical violence.
2.
English (general)
neutral
technical
To examine, repair, or treat thoroughly; to work on a person, object, or system to restore or improve it.
To perform maintenance, adjustments, or medical attention on something or someone.
3.
English (general)
neutral
formal
To revise, edit, or rework a text, plan, or piece of work in order to improve it.
To go over material carefully for correction or refinement.
4.
North American English
British English (colloquial)
colloquial
regional
To be employed at or to perform work at a particular place (as in constructions like 'work over at X').
Examples:
EN:
Say, listen, Cobb, did you figure on doing... any missionary work over here?
ES:
Escucha, Cobb. ¿Piensas hacer trabajo de misionero aquí?
EN:
just work over him gently.
ES:
Trátale con delicadeza... que entienda que no debe participar mañana.
EN:
Are you going to carry on your work over here, Doctor?
ES:
¿Piensa quedarse a trabajar en Norteamérica?
EN:
They'll take me up to the castle and work over me like they did to Ferretti.
ES:
Me llevarían al castillo, ...y me harían lo que le hicieron a Ferretti.
EN:
- She work over at hotel.
ES:
- Trabajando en el hotel.
EN:
- Charley, Spike work over to his left.
ES:
- Charley, Spike...
EN:
But surely you wouldn't abandon a lifetime of work over something so petty!
ES:
Pero por una pequeñez así no va usted a abandonar tantas cosas dignas de ser vividas.
EN:
All I ask is a few suspects to work over. You'll get them.
ES:
Todo lo que necesito son unos pocos sospechosos con quienes trabajar.
EN:
I work over at the Cavendish Court.
ES:
Trabajo en el Cavendish Court.
EN:
Remember, guzzler wilkins collapsed, and we had to work over him for an hour. John:
ES:
¡Wilkins se desmayó y no se despertó en una hora!
EN:
I just work over at the club and I'm on my way home.
ES:
Salí de trabajar del club y me iba a casa.
EN:
They live together up on the second floor and work over at edison's leather goods.
ES:
Viven en el 2º piso y trabajan en la tienda de cuero de Edison.
EN:
I'd only be expanding his work over there.
ES:
Yo sólo estaría expandiendo su trabajo por allá.
EN:
Well, not only that, but you'd have to work over the suspension, and the steering.
ES:
No sólo eso. Habría que cambiar la dirección, la suspensión, muchas cosas.
EN:
Please turn the rest of your work over to Miss Dunfield.
ES:
Por favor, pase el resto de su trabajo a la Srta. Dunfield.
EN:
Say, listen, Cobb, did you figure on doing... any missionary work over here?
ES:
Escucha, Cobb. ¿Piensas hacer trabajo de misionero aquí?
EN:
just work over him gently.
ES:
Trátale con delicadeza... que entienda que no debe participar mañana.
EN:
Are you going to carry on your work over here, Doctor?
ES:
¿Piensa quedarse a trabajar en Norteamérica?
EN:
They'll take me up to the castle and work over me like they did to Ferretti.
ES:
Me llevarían al castillo, ...y me harían lo que le hicieron a Ferretti.
EN:
- She work over at hotel.
ES:
- Trabajando en el hotel.
EN:
- Charley, Spike work over to his left.
ES:
- Charley, Spike...
EN:
But surely you wouldn't abandon a lifetime of work over something so petty!
ES:
Pero por una pequeñez así no va usted a abandonar tantas cosas dignas de ser vividas.
EN:
All I ask is a few suspects to work over. You'll get them.
ES:
Todo lo que necesito son unos pocos sospechosos con quienes trabajar.
EN:
I work over at the Cavendish Court.
ES:
Trabajo en el Cavendish Court.
EN:
Please turn the rest of your work over to Miss Dunfield.
ES:
Por favor, pase el resto de su trabajo a la Srta. Dunfield.
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