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English to German translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / center line | | English term or phrase: he worked out by the month | This is from a text written in 1912:
"He emigrated to the United States in 1865. In order to get a start, he worked out by the month for a period of ten years or nearly so long, then, having, by economy, saved his money, he purchased forty acres of land."
I'm having trouble with the "he worked out by the month" part. Would you say this means he worked hard, every month, for many years?
Danke :-)
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 Stefan Scharowsky
Thailand
Local time: 19:18
| Grading comment Thanks, everyone. Very good info. I ended up using "Monatslöhner". David, I really appreciated your explanation/definition.
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10 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 No idea how the German goes...
Explanation:
but it means that he worked for a month at a time, then probably just took a few days off, then went off to work again for another month, for some ten years or so.
HTH!
| David Moore
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of:  English
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