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2 laboriously
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4 plough
1 noun(a) (farm implement) charrue f;∎ large areas of moorland have gone under the plough de larges portions de lande ont été labourées;∎ figurative to put one's hand to the plough s'atteler à la tâche∎ the Plough la Grande Ourse∎ to plough money into sth investir de l'argent dans qch∎ to plough an exam se planter à un examen;∎ to be or get ploughed in an exam être recalé ou collé à un examen(a) Agriculture labourer►► British old-fashioned Plough Monday le lundi de l'Épiphanie∎ all the profits have been ploughed back into the business tous les bénéfices ont été réinvestis dans l'affaire(a) (earth, crops, stubble) enfouir (en labourant)(a) (of vehicle) rentrer dans, foncer dans∎ to plough on with one's work/one's book poursuivre laborieusement son travail/sa lecture;∎ let's plough on another fifteen minutes encore un petit effort d'un quart d'heure;∎ as negotiations plough on tandis que les négociations se poursuivent laborieusement∎ to plough through the snow avancer péniblement dans la neige;∎ the ship ploughed through the waves le navire fendait les flots∎ to plough through a book lire laborieusement un livre;∎ they were ploughing through their work ils avançaient laborieusement dans leur travail;∎ I've got all this to plough through j'ai tout ça à me taper∎ to plough one's way through the snow avancer péniblement dans la neige;∎ to plough one's way through a book lire un livre à grand peine;∎ he was ploughing his way through a huge plate of spaghetti il s'efforçait de finir une énorme assiette de spaghettis(earth, crops, stubble) enfouir (en labourant)∎ the grass had been ploughed up by the motorbikes le gazon avait été labouré par les motos -
5 plod
plod [plɒd]a. ( = trudge) also plod along avancer d'un pas lourdb. ( = proceed laboriously) I'm plodding through his book je lis son livre mais c'est laborieux2. noun* * *[plɒd]Phrasal Verbs:- plod on -
6 labour
['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.) travail2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) main-d'oeuvre3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) (en) travail4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) travailliste2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) travailler2) (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.) peiner•- laboriously - laboriousness - labourer - labour court - labour dispute - labour-saving -
7 painfully
1 ( excruciatingly) his arm is painfully swollen son bras est enflé et lui fait mal ; to be painfully shy être maladivement timide ; I am painfully aware of that je n'en ai que trop conscience ;2 ( laboriously) progress has been painfully slow les progrès ont été terriblement lents. -
8 heavily
heavily ['hevɪlɪ]∎ she leaned heavily on my arm elle s'appuya de tout son poids sur mon bras;∎ figurative time hangs heavily on her elle trouve le temps long, le temps lui pèse;∎ it weighed heavily on my conscience cela me pesait sur la conscience(c) (deeply → sleep) profondément;∎ she left the room, sighing heavily en poussant un énorme ou gros soupir, elle a quitté la pièce(d) (as intensifier) (drink, smoke, gamble) beaucoup; (fine, load, tax) lourdement; (stress) fortement, lourdement;∎ it was raining heavily il pleuvait des cordes;∎ it was snowing heavily il neigeait très fort ou dru ou à gros flocons;∎ familiar they're heavily into yoga ils donnent à fond dans le yoga;∎ the secret service was heavily involved in training guerillas les services secrets étaient lourdement impliqués dans la formation des guérilleros;∎ they're heavily dependent on foreign trade ils sont fortement tributaires du commerce extérieur;∎ heavily populated très peuplé, à forte densité de population;∎ heavily wooded très boisé -
9 painfully
painfully ['peɪnfʊlɪ]∎ her head throbbed painfully elle sentait une douleur lancinante à la tête;∎ she fell painfully elle s'est fait mal en tombant(b) (laboriously) laborieusement, avec difficulté(c) (as intensifier) horriblement, atrocement;∎ a painfully slow journey un voyage horriblement ou atrocement long;∎ a painfully boring speech un discours mortellement ennuyeux;∎ it was painfully obvious that he didn't understand il n'était que trop évident qu'il ne comprenait pas;∎ she's painfully shy elle est d'une timidité maladive -
10 ponderously
ponderously ['pɒndərəslɪ](heavily) lourdement; (laboriously) laborieusement;∎ he walked ponderously across the yard il traversa la cour d'un pas pesantUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > ponderously
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