labour

labour
'leibə 1. noun
1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) kroppsarbeid
2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) arbeidskraft
3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) fødselsveer
4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Arbeiderpartiet
2. verb
1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) arbeide tungt, slite
2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) kjempe seg fram, streve
- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving
slite
I
subst. \/ˈleɪbə\/ eller labor
1) arbeid, kroppsarbeid
he considered it lost labour
han anså det som bortkastet arbeid
2) bry, anstrengelse, møye
3) (medisin) rier, veer, fødsel (prosessen)
she's in labour
hun har rier \/ fødselen er i gang
4) (økonomi) arbeid, arbeidskraft
5) arbeiderne, arbeiderklassen
expend labour on\/upon bruke krefter på
forced labour (jus) tvangsarbeid
imprisonment with hard labour seimprisonment
induce labour (medisin) sette i gang fødselen, indusere fødselen
labour exchange arbeidsformidling
labour legislation arbeidslovgivning
labour of Hercules (også Herculean labour)
herkulesarbeid, kjempearbeid, kjempebedrift
labour of love noe man gjør for moro skyld, for fornøyelsens skyld
she did it as a labour of love
hun gjorde det for sin egen skyld \/ av ren interesse
gratisarbeid
labour relations forholdet mellom partene i arbeidslivet
labour supply arbeidstilgang, tilgang på arbeidskraft
labour unrest uro på arbeidsmarkedet
on\/in the labour market på arbeidsmarkedet
organized labour fagorganiserte arbeidere, fagorganisert arbeidskraft
skilled labour fagarbeidere, fagfolk
the fruits of one's labour sefruit, 1
unskilleded labour ufaglært arbeidskraft, grovarbeid
II
verb \/ˈleɪbə\/ eller labor
1) arbeide, arbeide hardt
labour in the cause of peace
arbeide for fred
2) anstrenge seg, streve, ha vanskelig for noe
3) arbeide seg frem, kjempe seg frem, kjempe seg av sted
the ship laboured through the heavy seas
skipet kjempet seg frem i den tunge sjøen
the car laboured up the hill
bilen kjempet seg opp bakken
4) utbrodere, gå i detalj, tvære ut, legge for stor vekt på
5) (sjøfart) stampe, hugge, gå tungt, rulle
the ship laboured in the rough sea
skipet stampet i de store bølgene
6) (spes. amer.) trøtte, kjede, tynge, bry
labour the reader with details
7) (gammeldags, jordbruk) dyrke, bruke jorden, drive jordbruk, bearbeide
labour a point overdrive et poeng, understreke noe for sterkt, tvære ut en sak
labour at jobbe med
labour for streve etter, streve for
he laboured for breath
han hadde vanskelig for å puste
labour the obvious utbrodere, gå i detaljer
labour to do something anstrenge seg for å gjøre noe
she laboured to get finished
labour under slite med, kjempe med, dras med, lide med
she laboured under an inferiority complex
labour under a difficulty
slite med et problem
labour under a delusion sveve i en villfarelse, leve i en (feilaktig) tro
she laboured under the delusion that all snakes are poisonous
hun levde i den tro at alle slanger er giftige

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