labour

lavoro, fatica

Lavoro svolto dalle persone, soprattutto quello che richiede grande sforzo fisico.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: work, toil

Espressioni comuni: manual labour, hard labour, cost of labour

manodopera, lavoratori

Le persone che lavorano, soprattutto quelle che svolgono lavori fisici.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: workers, workforce, manpower

Espressioni comuni: skilled labour, labour shortage, cheap labour, organised labour

travaglio

Fase del parto in cui le contrazioni del corpo della madre spingono fuori il bambino.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: be in labour (She was in labour for six hours.); go into labour (She went into labour during the night.)

Sinonimi: childbirth

Espressioni comuni: in labour, go into labour, labour pains

Partito Laburista

Nome usato in vari paesi per un partito politico che dichiara di rappresentare i lavoratori.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: Labour Party

Espressioni comuni: Labour Party, Labour government, vote Labour

faticare, sgobbare

Lavorare con grande fatica, spesso a lungo o tra difficoltà.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: labour over something (She laboured over the report all evening.); labour to do something (They laboured to clear the road.)

Sinonimi: work hard, toil, struggle

Contrari: rest

Espressioni comuni: labour all day, labour over something, labour in fields

insistere troppo, dilungarsi

Continuare a spiegare o discutere un’idea quando gli altri l’hanno già capita.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: belabour, dwell on

Espressioni comuni: labour the point, labour an argument