| término | definición | 
        
        |  empezar lección (informal UK) to be very busy doing something  |  |   be up to your eyes/eyeballs/neck/ears    He’s up to his eyes in paperwork. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección być zabieganym, zalatanym |  |   Before Christmas, most salespeople are rushed off their feet. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección (spoken UK) it is very busy  |  |  |  |  | 
|  empezar lección to be very busy or too busy  |  |   Can’t it wait? I already have my hands full. |  |  | 
|   (informal) to have a large number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do   empezar lección mieć wystarczająco sporo na głowie |  |  |  |  | 
|  empezar lección when someone is very busy but not manage to achieve much  |  |   chase your tail/ run (a)round in circles  |  |  | 
|  empezar lección try to do something but being in panic and not being affective  |  |   run (a)round like headless chicken  |  |  | 
|  empezar lección working with a lot of effort  |  |  |  |  | 
|  empezar lección work very hard at the moment  |  |   have your nose to the grindstone/ have your head down  |  |  | 
| empezar lección |  |   Most of the students I knew at college were serious and industrious. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección to try a little harder in order to achieve something, after you have already used a lot of effort  |  |   The president expressed his determination to go the extra mile for peace. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección (informal) hard work and effort, especially when cleaning or polishing something  |  |   You'll need to use some elbow grease to get that floor clean. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección to work extremely hard to achieve something  |  |   Beth sweated blood over that article. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección the physical or mental energy that is needed to do something  |  |   Lou lifted the box easily, without using much effort. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección a lot of physical or mental effort  |  |   The afternoon’s exertions had left us feeling exhausted. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección (informal) a piece of work that takes a lot of time and effort and is usually boring  |  |   It’ll be a slog, but I know we can do it. |  |  | 
|   the ability to give a sensible amount of time and effort to your work and to your life outside work, for example to your family or to other interests   empezar lección równowaga między pracą a życiem osobistym |  |   You can’t have a proper work-life balance if you’re in the office for 12 hours a day. |  |  | 
|  empezar lección (spoken) to try extremely hard to do something  |  |   I bust a gut trying to finish that work on time. |  |  |