labor

lavoro, manodopera

Lavoro che richiede fatica, soprattutto fisica.

In inglese semplice: Work that requires effort, especially work done with your body.

• The job involves heavy labor.
• Labor costs increased during construction.
• They saved money by doing all the labor themselves.

Sinonimi: work, toil

Espressioni comuni: manual labor, hard labor, labor costs

manodopera, lavoratori

I lavoratori considerati come gruppo, soprattutto quelli che svolgono lavori fisici.

In inglese semplice: Workers considered as a group, especially people who do physical work.

• The farm needs more labor.
• A shortage of skilled labor delayed the project.
• Management and labor agreed on a new contract.

Sinonimi: workforce, workers

Espressioni comuni: skilled labor, labor shortage, labor force

travaglio

Fase prima e durante il parto in cui le contrazioni aiutano il bambino a uscire dal corpo della madre.

In inglese semplice: The process before and during birth, when muscles push the baby out of the mother’s body.

• She is in labor.
• Her labor lasted six hours.
• The midwife helped her through the early stages of labor.

Come si usa: be in labor (She was in labor when we reached the hospital.); go into labor (My sister went into labor last night.)

Sinonimi: childbirth

Espressioni comuni: in labor, go into labor, early labor

Partito Laburista

Nome di un partito politico legato ai lavoratori e ai loro interessi.

In inglese semplice: The name of a political party connected with workers and their interests.

• Labor won the election.
• She voted for Labor last year.
• The Labor government announced its new policy.

Espressioni comuni: Labor Party, Labor government, vote Labor

faticare, lavorare duramente

Lavorare con molta fatica, spesso a lungo.

In inglese semplice: To work very hard, often for a long time.

• They labor in the fields.
• She labored over the difficult homework.
• We labored all morning to repair the fence.

Come si usa: labor over something (He labored over the report for several days.); labor to do something (They labored to clear the fallen trees.)

Sinonimi: toil, work hard

Contrari: rest

Espressioni comuni: labor over something, labor in something, labor all day

insistere troppo

Spiegare o ripetere qualcosa più del necessario.

In inglese semplice: To explain or repeat something more than is needed.

• Please do not labor the point.
• He labored the argument until everyone lost interest.
• You are laboring a point we already understand.

Sinonimi: belabor

Espressioni comuni: labor the point, labor an argument, labor the obvious