She stopped her work and got up as soon as the children came in.

孩子们一进来它就放下活计站了起来。

Tess blushed a little, but still did not pause in her work.

苔丝微微有些脸红，但仍没有停下手里的活计。

Black's done a very good job on them.”

布莱们身上可是干了一件好活计。”

Sowerberry and Oliver, their work done, left as fast as they could.

索尔贝里和奥利弗忙完了活计，就赶快离开了。

The undertaker had just finished work for the day when Mr Bumble entered his shop.

班布尔先生走进铺子时，棺材店老板刚忙完一天的活计。

Rather, each person is expected to perform a great variety of tasks, though duties may differ between the sexes.

每个人都要做各类活计，尽管男两性分工不同。

He buckled down with a will and did his best, though it was all new and strange.

咬着牙拼命地干着, 尽管这活计十分不熟悉。

Mrs. Elsing was on her feet cramming her sewing into her box, her mouth set.

埃尔辛太太站起来，顺手把活计塞到筐里，嘴唇紧闭，显出很坚决的样子。

There were days when the entire work of the farm seemed to rest on his mighty shoulders.

那一双强劲的肩膀，常常象是承担了庄园里所有的活计。

The next day, Joe Green came to learn all he could before James left.

第二天，乔·格林来了。得赶詹姆斯走之前学会干所有的活计。

At Sikes' voice she raised her head from her work.

听见赛斯的喊声，她停下手里的活计，抬起头。

The sun had gone down, all my work was done, and I thought I should like an apple.

太阳已经落山，我也忙完了手中的活计，我准备吃个苹果。

And perhaps you would just kindly bring your work across and drink tea with us that night.

或许你可以那天晚上带着你的活计过来，和我们一起喝杯茶。

It is next to a small wooden house in Mukono near Kampala. He is proud of his work.

附近是坎帕拉市附近的穆科诺的一个小木屋，很为自己的活计感到骄傲。

His brown, hardening body lived naturally through the half fierce, half lazy work of the bracing days.

那些风吹日晒的日子里，干着时松时紧的活计，有着晒得黝黑。越来越硬棒的身体，过着大然的生活。

I've been doing that for a while now.

这活计我可干得够久。

What kind of work are you looking for? Security?

你想找什么样的活计 保安吗？

You know, Moz, you never told me what do you do for a living.

蚊子 怎么从来没听你说起你是做什么活计的。

Some still find gainful employment; a few are very valuable indeed.

有些仍然找到了可以赚钱的活计，少数还非常贵重。

Frightened, she ran upstairs and found her father, pale and silent, busy at his old prison work of making shoes.

路茜吓坏了，她跑上楼去见到了父亲，脸色苍白，正悄无声息地忙着做监狱里干的老活计——做鞋子。