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a. [movement] pénible ; [negotiations, process] laborieuxb. [joke] lourd ; [style] laborieux* * *GB, labored US ['leɪbəd] adjective1) ( difficult) [movement] pénible; [breathing] difficile2) ( showing effort) [joke, humour, speech] lourd -
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1 noun∎ a labour of love un travail fait pour le plaisir;∎ her book was the result of five years' hard labour son livre était le fruit de cinq ans de dur labeur ou de travail acharné;∎ the twelve labours of Hercules les douze travaux mpl d'Hercule∎ cost of labour prix m de la main-d'œuvre;∎ capital and labour le capital et la main-d'œuvre(c) Obstetrics travail m;∎ to be in labour être en travail;∎ to go into labour commencer le travail;∎ it was a difficult labour ça a été un accouchement difficile(movement) social; (shortage) de main-d'œuvre(b) (struggle → person)∎ he laboured up the stairs il monta péniblement l'escalier;∎ figurative to labour under a misapprehension or a delusion se méprendre, être dans l'erreur(c) (move with difficulty → vehicle) peiner;∎ the car laboured up the slope la voiture peinait dans la montée;∎ the ship was labouring through heavy seas le bateau avançait péniblement dans la mer démontée(stress) insister sur;∎ there's no need to labour the point ce n'est pas la peine de t'étendre ou d'insister là-dessus1 noun= le parti travailliste britannique;∎ to vote Labour voter travailliste(policy, government, MP) travailliste►► labour camp camp m de travail;Labor Code code m du travail (aux États-Unis et au Canada);American labor contract contrat m de travail;Industry labour costs coûts mpl de la main-d'œuvre;American Labor Day fête f du travail (aux États-Unis et au Canada, célébrée le premier lundi de septembre);labour dispute conflit m du travail;British & French Canadian formerly labour exchange agence f pour l'emploi;labour laws législation f du travail;Politics Labour leader dirigeant(e) m,f (du parti) travailliste;labour market marché m du travail;Politics Labour Member (of Parliament) député m travailliste;Politics the Labour Party le parti travailliste;Obstetrics labour pains douleurs fpl de l'accouchement;Industry labour relations relations fpl sociales;American labor union syndicat m;Obstetrics labour ward salle f d'accouchement -
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['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 -
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laboured — adj. 1. same as {labored}; British spelling [Chiefly British] Syn: graceless, labored, strained. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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laboured — adjective a) Of an action that is difficult to perform. At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted. b) Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production … Wiktionary
laboured — adj. Laboured/labored is used with these nouns: ↑breathing … Collocations dictionary
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laboured — la·boured || leɪbÉ™(r)d adj. done with difficulty, heavy (as of breathing); forced, constrained; artificial, unnatural la·bour || leɪbÉ™(r) n. work, toil; craft; entire body of workers; status of workers; work force; contractions of… … English contemporary dictionary