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1 drudge work
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2 drudge
1. verb(to do dull, very hard or humble work.) trabajar como un esclavo
2. noun(a person who does such work.) esclavo- drudgerytr[drʌʤ]1 (person) esclavo,-a, machaca nombre masulino o femenino, burro de carga1 trabajar como un,-a esclavo,-adrudge n: esclavo m, -va f del trabajon.• acémila s.f.• esclavo s.m.• esclavo del trabajo s.m.• ganapán s.m.• yunque s.m.drʌdʒnoun esclavo, -va m,f[drʌdʒ]1.N (=person) esclavo(-a) m / f ; (=job) trabajo m pesado2.* * *[drʌdʒ]noun esclavo, -va m,f -
3 plod
plodpast tense, past participle - plodded; verb1) (to walk heavily and slowly: The elderly man plodded down the street.) andar con paso pesado2) (to work slowly but thoroughly: They plodded on with the work.) trabajar con esmeroplod vb caminar pesadamentetr[plɒd]1 (walk slowly) andar con paso lento, andar con paso pesado2 (work steadily) hacer laboriosamente1) trudge: caminar pesadamente y lentamente2) drudge: trabajar laboriosamentev.• trabajar laboriosamente v.plɑːd, plɒda) ( walk) caminar lenta y pesadamenteb) ( work)she's still plodding away at her thesis — sigue lidiando or batallando con la tesis
[plɒd]how's work going? - oh, plodding along — ¿qué tal el trabajo? - ahí va, tirando or (AmL exc CS) jalando
1. N1)2)2.VT3. VI1) (lit) andar con paso pesadoto plod along or on — ir andando con paso lento
keep plodding! — ¡ánimo!, ¡no os dejéis desanimar!
2) (fig) (at work etc)* * *[plɑːd, plɒd]a) ( walk) caminar lenta y pesadamenteb) ( work)she's still plodding away at her thesis — sigue lidiando or batallando con la tesis
how's work going? - oh, plodding along — ¿qué tal el trabajo? - ahí va, tirando or (AmL exc CS) jalando
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4 esclavo
esclavo
◊ -va sustantivo masculino, femeninoslave; es un esclavo del trabajo he is a slave to his work
esclavo,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino slave: trabaja como un esclavo, he works like a slave ' esclavo' also found in these entries: Spanish: esclava English: bone - slave - virtual - drudge
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work — [n1] labor, chore assignment, attempt, commission, daily grind*, drudge, drudgery, effort, elbow grease*, endeavor, exertion, functioning, grind, grindstone*, industry, job, moil, muscle, obligation, pains*, performance, production, push, salt… … New thesaurus
Drudge — Drudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drudge — (n.) late 15c., one employed in mean, servile, or distasteful work, missing in O.E. and M.E. (but Cf. M.E. druggen do menial or monotonous work; druggunge, mid 13c., in Barnhart), but apparently related to O.E. dreogan to work, suffer, endure… … Etymology dictionary
drudge — [drʌdʒ] n someone who does hard boring work >drudge v [I] … Dictionary of contemporary English
drudge — [n] slave, very hard worker factotum, grind*, laborer, menial, nose to grindstone*, peon*, plodder*, servant, toiler, workaholic, worker, workhorse; concept 348 Ant. idler, laze drudge [v] work very hard back to the salt mines*, dig, grind*,… … New thesaurus
drudge — [druj] n. [ME druggen, prob. < OE dreogan: see DREE] a person who does hard, menial, or tedious work vi. drudged, drudging to do such work … English World dictionary
drudge — [ drʌdʒ ] noun count someone who has to do a lot of boring and unpleasant work … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drudge — ► NOUN ▪ a person made to do hard, menial, or dull work. ORIGIN of unknown origin; perhaps related to DRAG(Cf. ↑drag) … English terms dictionary
Drudge — A drudge is a person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work; it can also refer to the work itself, known as drudgery. Drudge can also refer to: Matt Drudge, an American Internet journalist. Drudge Report, Matt Drudge s website. Drudge (TV… … Wikipedia
drudge — Used of someone who slaves away at uninteresting and unrewarding work, a hack. Dr Johnson famously defined ‘lexicographer’ in his Dictionary as ‘a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
work — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. job, occupation, calling, trade, profession; task, stint, employment; drudgery, toil, moil, grind, routine; function; craftsmanship, workmanship; arts and crafts, craft, handicraft; opus, production,… … English dictionary for students
