go to work

aller au travail

Se rendre à l’endroit où l’on travaille.

En anglais simple : To travel to the place where you do your job.

• I go to work by bus.
• She went to work early yesterday.
• Do you go to work on Saturdays?

Comment l'utiliser : go to work by something (I go to work by bus.)

Synonymes : commute

Expressions courantes : go to work early, go to work daily

se mettre au travail

Commencer à accomplir une tâche.

En anglais simple : To begin doing a task.

• We went to work immediately.
• She went to work on the broken chair.
• Once the plan was clear, the team went to work.

Comment l'utiliser : go to work on something (The mechanic went to work on the engine.)

Synonymes : get started, get to work, set to work

Contraires : stop

Expressions courantes : go to work immediately, go to work on

s’en donner à cœur joie, se donner à fond

Faire quelque chose avec beaucoup d’énergie ou d’enthousiasme, parfois plus que nécessaire.

En anglais simple : To do something with great energy or enthusiasm, sometimes doing more than necessary.

• She really went to work decorating.
• The chef went to work on the cake, adding flowers and gold stars.
• They went to work on the party plans with tremendous enthusiasm.

Comment l'utiliser : go to work on something (She really went to work on the wedding decorations.)

Synonymes : go to town, throw yourself into

Expressions courantes : really go to work, go to work decorating

passer à tabac, rouer de coups

Frapper quelqu’un à plusieurs reprises et le blesser gravement.

En anglais simple : To hit someone repeatedly and badly hurt them.

• The gang went to work on him.
• Two men went to work on the victim with sticks.
• He was badly bruised after the attackers went to work on him.

Comment l'utiliser : go to work on someone (The attackers went to work on him with their fists.)

Synonymes : beat up, batter

Expressions courantes : go to work on, go to work brutally