labour

travail, labeur

Travail accompli par les gens, surtout lorsqu’il demande un effort physique important.

En anglais simple : Work people do, especially hard physical work.

• The job involves heavy labour.
• We paid separately for materials and labour.
• Years of manual labour had damaged his back.

Synonymes : work, toil

Expressions courantes : manual labour, hard labour, cost of labour

main-d'œuvre, travailleurs

Les personnes qui travaillent, particulièrement celles qui font des travaux physiques.

En anglais simple : The people who work, especially those doing physical jobs.

• The farm needs more labour.
• Builders face a shortage of skilled labour.
• The company hired extra labour for the summer.

Synonymes : workers, workforce, manpower

Expressions courantes : skilled labour, labour shortage, cheap labour, organised labour

travail, accouchement

Processus pendant lequel les contractions du corps de la mère font sortir le bébé.

En anglais simple : The process of giving birth, when the mother's body pushes the baby out.

• Her labour began at midnight.
• She went into labour a week early.
• The midwife stayed with her throughout labour.

Comment l'utiliser : be in labour (She was in labour for six hours.); go into labour (She went into labour during the night.)

Synonymes : childbirth

Expressions courantes : in labour, go into labour, labour pains

Parti travailliste

Nom utilisé dans plusieurs pays pour un parti politique qui affirme représenter les travailleurs.

En anglais simple : A political party that says it represents workers, used as a party name in several countries.

• Labour won the election.
• She voted Labour for the first time.
• The Labour leader spoke about housing costs.

Synonymes : Labour Party

Expressions courantes : Labour Party, Labour government, vote Labour

travailler dur, peiner

Travailler avec beaucoup d’efforts, souvent longtemps ou avec difficulté.

En anglais simple : To work very hard, often for a long time or with difficulty.

• They labour in the fields all day.
• He laboured over dinner for hours.
• We laboured to finish the repairs before dark.

Comment l'utiliser : labour over something (She laboured over the report all evening.); labour to do something (They laboured to clear the road.)

Synonymes : work hard, toil, struggle

Contraires : rest

Expressions courantes : labour all day, labour over something, labour in fields

insister lourdement, rabâcher

Continuer à expliquer ou à discuter une idée alors que les autres l’ont déjà comprise.

En anglais simple : To keep explaining or discussing an idea after people already understand it.

• Please don't labour the point.
• He laboured his argument until everyone lost interest.
• There's no need to labour this point further.

Synonymes : belabour, dwell on

Expressions courantes : labour the point, labour an argument