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1 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.) trabalho2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) mão-de-obra3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) parto4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Trabalhista2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) trabalhar2) (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.) esforçar-se•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving* * *la.bour[l'eibə] n 1 labor, trabalho, faina, tarefa, mão-de-obra. 2 trabalho de parto. • vt+vi 1 laborar, labutar, trabalhar, lidar. 2 jogar, balouçar (navios). 3 estar em trabalho de parto. 4 avançar com dificuldade. 5 sofrer, afligir-se. 6 fabricar, elaborar. labour of love trabalho feito por prazer. to labour under a delusion estar enganado. -
2 disadvantage
(something which makes a difficulty or which is an unfavourable circumstance: There are several disadvantages to this plan.) desvantagem- at a disadvantage* * *dis.ad.van.tage[disədv'a:ntidʒ; disəd'æntidʒ] n 1 desvantagem, falta de vantagem, perda, prejuízo, detrimento. 2 inferioridade, condição inferior. • vt tirar vantagem, prejudicar, causar prejuízo, colocar em situação desfavorável. at a disadvantage em desvantagem, em condição inferior. to be/work to one’s disadvantage criar dificuldade para si. to buy to disadvantage comprar desvantajosamente. to labour under a disadvantage estar em desvantagem. to sell to disadvantage vender com prejuízo. to take someone at a disadvantage prevalecer-se da situação desvantajosa de alguém.
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