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2 arbeitsam
Adj. geh. altm. industrious, hardworking* * *industrious; diligent; painstaking; plodding* * *ạr|beit|sam ['arbaitzaːm]adjindustrious, hard-working* * *ar·beit·samadj (geh o veraltend) industrious* * *Adjektiv (geh. veralt.) industrious; hard-working* * *arbeitsam adj geh obs industrious, hardworking* * *Adjektiv (geh. veralt.) industrious; hard-working* * *adj.industrious adj.laborious adj.plodding adj. adv.ploddingly adv. -
3 langsam
I Adj.1. slow; (allmählich) gradual; langsamer werden get slower; Fahrzeug: slow down; bei der Arbeit etc.: auch let up; geht’s noch langsamer? iro., umg. can’t you make it any slower?II Adv. slowly; (allmählich) gradually; langsam, aber sicher slowly but surely; langsam, aber sicher nähern wir uns dem Ziel we’re getting there (slowly but surely); immer langsam! not so fast, umg. easy does it; langsam fahren! MOT., Schild: slow; es wird langsam Zeit, dass er anruft it’s about time he rang up (Am. called); es wird langsam Zeit, dass du gehst you’d better be thinking about going; es wird mir langsam zu viel it’s gradually getting too much for me, it’s beginning to get on top of me; langsam / langsamer treten umg., fig. take things easy / more easily, slow down* * *slowly (Adv.); slow (Adj.); tardy (Adj.); steady (Adj.)* * *lạng|sam ['laŋzaːm]1. adjslow2. adv1) slowlygeh/fahr/sprich langsamer! — slow down!, walk/drive/speak (a bit) more slowly or (a bit) slower! (inf)
langsam, langsam!, immer schön langsam! (inf) — (take it) easy!, easy does it!
langsam, aber sicher — slowly but surely
2)(= allmählich, endlich)
es wird langsam Zeit, dass... — it's about time that..., it's high time that...langsam müsstest du das aber wissen — it's about time you knew that, it's high time you knew that
ich muss jetzt langsam gehen — I must be getting on my way, I'd better be thinking about going
kannst du dich langsam mal entscheiden? — could you start making up your mind?
* * *(not fast; not moving quickly; taking a long time: a slow train; The service at that restaurant is very slow; He was very slow to offer help.) slow* * *lang·sam[ˈlaŋza:m]I. adj1. (nicht schnell) slow2. (allmählich) gradualII. adv1. (nicht schnell) slowlyes ist \langsam an der Zeit, dass wir uns auf den Weg machen it's about time we were thinking of going3.▶ \langsam, aber sicher slowly but surely* * *1.1) slow; low < speed>2) (allmählich) gradual2.1) slowlylangsam, aber sicher — (ugs.) slowly but surely
2) (allmählich) graduallyes wird langsam Zeit, dass du gehst — it's about time you left or went
* * *A. adj1. slow; (allmählich) gradual;geht’s noch langsamer? iron, umg can’t you make it any slower?3. geistig: slow-witted;er ist ein bisschen langsam he’s a bit slow on the uptake4. SPORT; Platz, Bahn etc: slow;es war ein langsames Rennen it was a slow racelangsam, aber sicher slowly but surely;langsam, aber sicher nähern wir uns dem Ziel we’re getting there (slowly but surely);immer langsam! not so fast, umg easy does it;es wird langsam Zeit, dass du gehst you’d better be thinking about going;es wird mir langsam zu viel it’s gradually getting too much for me, it’s beginning to get on top of me;langsam/langsamer treten umg, fig take things easy/more easily, slow down* * *1.1) slow; low < speed>2) (allmählich) gradual2.1) slowlygeh [etwas] langsamer! — go [a bit] more slowly; slow down [a bit]!
langsam, aber sicher — (ugs.) slowly but surely
2) (allmählich) graduallyes wird langsam Zeit, dass du gehst — it's about time you left or went
* * *adj.laggard adj.slow adj.steady adj.tardy adj. adv.adagio adv.slowly adv.tardily adv. -
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5 tapsend
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6 arbeitsam
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7 schuftend
1. drudging2. plodding3. slaving4. toiling
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plodding — index operose, painstaking, patient, pedestrian, pertinacious, stable, steadfast Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
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plodding — UK [ˈplɒdɪŋ] / US [ˈplɑdɪŋ] adjective 1) working hard at a slow steady rate, but not very intelligent and lacking any good ideas of your own 2) slow and boring a plodding and predictable film … English dictionary
plodding — adjective Progressing slowly and laboriously … Wiktionary
plodding — Synonyms and related words: application, arid, assiduity, assiduous, assiduousness, banausic, barren, blah, blank, bloodless, bulldog tenacity, characterless, cold, colorless, concentration, constancy, constant, continuing, dead, diligence,… … Moby Thesaurus
plodding — plÉ‘d /plÉ’d n. slow walk, labored walk v. walk laboriously, walk heavily, trudge; work hard, persist in a task … English contemporary dictionary
plodding — a. Hard working, patiently laborious, painstaking, industrious … New dictionary of synonyms
plodding — I noun 1. hard monotonous routine work (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑drudgery, ↑grind, ↑donkeywork • Derivationally related forms: ↑grind (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
