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1 work
adj. arbets---------n. arbete; verksamhet; yrke; sysselsättning; arbetsplats; verk; gärning; göromål; kraftansträngning--------v. arbeta; fungera; sätta i gång; sköta; bearbeta; lyckas; orsaka; driva; lösa; arbeta sig fram* * *[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) arbete2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) arbete, jobb3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) arbete, grejor4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) verk5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) arbete6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) arbete, jobb2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) [] arbeta (jobba)2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) arbeta, jobba, ha arbete (jobb)3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) [] fungera4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) fungera, lyckas, klaffa5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) arbeta sig6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) börja bli7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) arbeta, bearbeta•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) urverk, mekanism2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) gärningar•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
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2 labour
n. labourpartiet, politiskst parti* * *['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) arbete2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) arbetskraft, arbetare3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) förlossningsarbete, värkar4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Labour2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) arbeta []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.) arbeta sig fram•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
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3 effort
n. ansträngning; försök; prestation* * *['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) ansträngning, kraftansträngning2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) ansträngning, bemödande3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) prestation•- effortlessly -
4 due to
på grund av; tack vare* * *(brought about by: His success was due to hard work.) tack vare, på grund av -
5 fatigue
n. trötthet, utmattning; handräckningstjänst (militären), handräckning--------v. trötta ut, utmatta, försvaga* * *[fə'ti:ɡ]1) (great tiredness (caused especially by hard work or effort): He was suffering from fatigue.) trötthet, utmattning2) ((especially in metals) weakness caused by continual use: metal fatigue.) utmattning•- fatigued -
6 incentive
adj. eggande, eldande, sporrande--------n. stimulans, eggelse; uppmuntran, sporre* * *[in'sentiv](something that encourages etc: Hope of promotion was an incentive to hard work.) drivfjäder, sporre -
7 undermine
v. underminera, undergräva* * *1) (to make (eg a building) insecure by digging away or destroying the base or foundations: The road was being undermined by a stream.) underminera2) (to weaken (eg a person's health or authority): Constant hard work had undermined his health.) undergräva -
8 worn to a shadow
tärd, en skugga av sig själv* * *(made thin and weary through eg hard work: She was worn to a shadow after months of nursing her sick husband.) fullständigt utsliten -
9 sweat
n. svett, svettning--------v. svettas* * *[swet] 1. noun(the moisture given out through the skin: He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.) svett2. verb1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) svettas2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) slita•- sweater- sweaty
- sweatiness
- a cold sweat -
10 it
Informationsteknologi, allmänt namn för behandling- och kalkyleringsmetoder inom data och datakommunikationIT (Information Technology)* * *1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) den, det2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) det3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) det4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!) [] också!•- its- itself -
11 fag
n. slitgöra; homosexuell (slang); cigarett (slang); passopp (i engelsk skola åt äldre elev)--------v. slita, knoga, träla; vara passopp åt äldre elev (i Engelska skolor); trötta ut, tröttköra; göra yngre elev till passopp (i Engelska skolor)* * *[fæɡ]1) (hard or boring work: It was a real fag to clean the whole house.) slitgöra, knog2) (a slang word for a cigarette: I'm dying for a fag.) cigg, tagg•- fag-end- fagged out -
12 fairly
adv. rättvist, ärligt; alldeles, fullständigt; klart* * *1) (justly; honestly: fairly judged.) rättvist2) (quite or rather: The work was fairly hard.) ganska, rätt -
13 press
n. press; tryck, tryckning; tryckpress; tidningspress; stress--------v. pressa; trycka; driva på, ansätta* * *[pres] 1. verb1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) trycka2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) pressa3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) pressa, ansätta4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) driva5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) pressa, stryka2. noun1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) tryckning, pressning, strykning2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) tryckpress3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) press4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) press5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) press•- pressing- press conference
- press-cutting
- be hard pressed
- be pressed for
- press for
- press forward/on
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