| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | but to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human duty | но заставить работать его на общее благо, а не на чьи-либо злые умыслы, есть задача первоочередная для всякого человека, разделяющего принципы гуманизма (bigmaxus) |
| progr. | configuration metadata to make it all work | конфигурационные метаданные, обеспечивающие взаимную работу (ssn) |
| progr. | external configuration metadata to make it all work | внешние конфигурационные метаданные, обеспечивающие взаимную работу (ssn) |
| gen. | it would be hard to make that work | нелегко будет этого добиться (While the Hullo seems to be doing fairly well going between Vancouver and Nanaimo, I'm not convinced there would be enough foot traffic to make a similar and cost effective service going to the Sunshine Coast. never mind Bowen. Would be hard to make that work. (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | make it one's life's work to do something | сделать делом всей своей жизни (Technical) |
| cliche. | make it work | добиться (чего-л. • The rental building is desperately needed in a city with a vacancy rate that’s under 1%. Originally the plan had been for a passive house building, but because space was at a premium, they couldn’t make it work, says the architect. “Unfortunately, passive house requires a very thick wall. We did the economics of it, and we asked what would people rather have, a very highly insulted building or a building that has more space? And we decided the space is more important.” (storeys.com) ART Vancouver) |
| O&G, sakh. | Make it Work | "За отличную работу" (награда "Шелл"; award) |
| gen. | make it work for | обернуть это в пользу (suburbian) |
| quot.aph. | somehow we'll make it work | мы как-нибудь всё исправим (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| math. | the tendency of heat to flow from a higher to a lower temperature makes it possible for a heat engine to transform heat into work | от высокой к низкой температуре |
| saying. | Work won't make you rich, but it will break your back | От работы не будешь богат, а будешь горбат (буквально Leonid Dzhepko) |