干活的英文：
work; work on sth.

He is certainly no slouch in the kitchen.
他在厨房干活挺麻利。

I was busy raking.
我在忙着用耙子干活.

In the past the landlord worked the farmhands to death.
在过去地主让农民们累死累活地干活。

press into servitude.
逼迫某人象奴隶一样干活。

The work of a farmer is done chiefly in the fields, but the work of a business man is done in an office.
农民主要在地里干活，而工商界人士则在办公室里工作。

On working days he was a young man of sound judgment, easy motions, proper dress, and general good character.
在干活的日子里，他是一个心中有数的年轻人，动作麻利，穿着得体，俨然是一个好样的小伙子。

In 1691 the first negro slaves were brought to America from West Africa to work on the tobacco fields in Virginia.
一六九一年第一批黑人奴隶从西非洲运送到美洲，在弗吉尼亚的烟草地里干活。

He's got to keep his nose to the grindstone to feed his wife and five children
为了养活妻子和五个孩子，他不得不玩命地干活。

Give up one's loins
(准备旅行),loin是古代男子的腰衣,古时犹太人穿的衣服比较宽松,外出旅行或干活时总要在腰间系上一根带子,故此词语比喻准备旅行。

Don't make so much noise. I'm working.
别吵,我在干活

the works of a clock
钟的活动部件

conscientious work
本着良心做的工作

The work is not advancing.
工作没有进展。

That machine is at work.
那台机器正在运转中。

"To youth I have But words of counsel -- work, work, work"
对青年人,我要奉劝几句话∶工作,工作,再工作

average sth out(at sth);calculate the average of sth
算出某事物的平均数

be agreeable to sth
欣然同意某事

at/on the altar of sth
因为，为了（值得为之受苦的事）

pretence of sth; false show of sth
假象;假相

see to sth attend to or deal with sth.
照看或处理某事物 。