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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.) (erfiðis)vinna2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) verkamenn3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) hríðir4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Verkamannaflokkurinn2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) vinna, strita2) (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.) erfiða, paufa•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
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2 labour-saving
adjective (intended to lessen work: washing-machines and other labour-saving devices.) vinnusparandi -
3 labour court
noun (a court of law for settling disputes between management and workers.) -
4 labour dispute
noun (a disagreement between management and workers about working conditions, pay etc.) -
5 casual
['kæʒuəl]1) (not careful: I took a casual glance at the book.) lauslegur2) (informal: casual clothes.) óformlegur3) (happening by chance: a casual remark.) ófyrirhugaður4) (not regular or permanent: casual labour.) ígripa-•- casually- casualness -
6 leadership
1) (the state of being a leader: He took over the leadership of the Labour party two years later.) forysta2) (the quality of being able to lead others; leadership ability: The post requires a person who combines leadership and energy; She's got leadership potential; Does he have any leadership qualities?.) forystuhæfileikar -
7 manual
['mænjuəl] 1. adjective1) (of the hand or hands: manual skills/labour.) hand-, handa-2) (working with the hands: a manual worker.) -hand-3) (worked or operated by the hand: a car with a manual gearbox.) handvirkur; beinskiptur2. noun1) (a handbook eg of technical information about a machine etc: an instruction manual.) leiðarvísir2) (a keyboard of an organ etc.) nótnaborð, lyklaborð•- manually -
8 right wing
(the members of a political party who hold more traditional opinions: He's on the right wing of the Labour Party.) hægriarms- -
9 vote
[vəut] 1. noun((the right to show) one's wish or opinion, eg in a ballot or by raising a hand etc, especially at an election or in a debate: In Britain, the vote was given to women over twenty-one in 1928; Nowadays everyone over eighteen has a vote; A vote was taken to decide the matter.) atkvæði; kosningaréttur2. verb1) (to cast or record one's vote: She voted for the Conservative candidate; I always vote Labour; I shall vote against the restoration of capital punishment.) kjósa2) (to allow, by a vote, the provision of (something) eg to someone, for a purpose etc: They were voted $5,000 to help them in their research.) samþykkja með atkvæðagreiðslu•- voter- vote of confidence
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10 work-day
1) (a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.) virkur dagur, vinnudagur2) (the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: My working day is eight hours long.) vinnudagur -
11 working class
(the section of society who work with their hands, doing manual labour.) verkamannastétt -
12 working day
1) (a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.) virkur dagur, vinnudagur2) (the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: My working day is eight hours long.) vinnudagur
См. также в других словарях:
labour — [ labur ] n. m. • 1180; de labourer 1 ♦ Travail de labourage, façon donnée à une terre pour la retourner et l ameublir. ⇒ labourage. Labour à bras (à la bêche, à la houe). Labour à la charrue, au tracteur. Labours superficiels ou légers. Labours… … Encyclopédie Universelle
labour — la‧bour [ˈleɪbə ǁ ər] , labor noun [uncountable] 1. work involving a lot of physical or mental effort: • The garage charges £65 an hour for labour. • those involved in repetitive, unskilled manual labour (= work that involves using your … Financial and business terms
labour — (US & Austral. labor) ► NOUN 1) work, especially hard physical work. 2) workers collectively. 3) (Labour) the Labour Party. 4) the process of childbirth. ► VERB 1) work hard … English terms dictionary
labour — Labour, ou labourage, Cultus agrorum, Agricultura, Aratio, Agricolatio. Qui est en labour, Ager cultus et nitidus. B. Labour de terre, Molitio agrorum. Entretenir le labour, Tenere studia agri colendi. Qui se cognoist au labour, Prudens… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
labour — Labour. s. m. La façon qu on donne aux terres en les labourant. Il faut donner deux labours à cette terre. on luy a donné tant pour son labour. il luy faut payer ses labours & semences. On appelle, Chevaux de labour, Les chevaux dont on se sert… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
labour — British English spelling of LABOR (Cf. labor) (q.v.); for spelling, see OR (Cf. or). As short for the British Labour Party it is from 1906 … Etymology dictionary
labour — la bour, n. Same as {labor}; British spelling. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Labour — (spr. Labuhr), ehemalige Landschaft im südwestlichen Frankreich, Theil der Gascogne; Hauptstadt war Bayonne … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Labour — er det engelske arbejderparti … Danske encyklopædi
labour — is the standard spelling in BrE, whereas labor is the standard form in AmE … Modern English usage
labour — [lā′bər] n., vi., vt. Brit. sp. of LABOR … English World dictionary
