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1 to work hard
daudz strādāt -
2 work
[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) darbs2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) darbs3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) darbs4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) sacerējums; ražojums; darbs5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) darbs; darba rezultāts6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) darbs; darbavieta2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) strādāt2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) strādāt3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) strādāt; darboties; darbināt4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) īstenoties; tikt veiktam/realizētam5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) ar pūlēm tikt uz priekšu6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) Ritenis atskrūvējās.7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) izstrādāt; darināt•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mehānisms2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) darbi•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
- work wonders* * *darbs; nodarbošanās, darbs; darbība, rīcība; sacerējums, ražojums, darbs; izšuvums, rokdarbs; putas; apstrāde; nocietinājumi; strādāt; darboties; strādināt; nostrādināt; izmantot; darbināt; iedarbināt; izrakstīt, izšūt -
3 hard-earned
adjective (earned by hard work or with difficulty: I deserve every penny of my hard-earned wages.) grūti nopelnīts* * *grūti nopelnīts -
4 donkey-work
noun (hard, uninteresting work: We have a computer now, which saves us a lot of donkey-work.) smags, apnicīgs darbs -
5 to habituate oneself to hard work
radināt sevi pie grūta darbaEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to habituate oneself to hard work
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6 to make hard work of
sastapties ar grūtībām -
7 toil
[toil] 1. verb1) (to work hard and long: He toiled all day in the fields.) pūlēties; smagi strādāt2) (to move with great difficulty: He toiled along the road with all his luggage.) smagi virzīties; vilkties2. noun(hard work: He slept well after his hours of toil.) smags darbs* * *smags darbs; nopūlēties; vilkties -
8 sweat
[swet] 1. noun(the moisture given out through the skin: He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.) sviedri2. verb1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) svīst2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) pūlēties; smagi strādāt•- sweater- sweaty
- sweatiness
- a cold sweat* * *sviedri; svīšana; vergošana, smags darbs; mitrums; raizes, grūtības; svīst; likt svīst; izdalīt mitrumu; apsvīst; ekspluatēt, izdzīt; raizēties; pielodēt -
9 always
['o:lweiz]1) (at all times: I always work hard; I'll always remember her.) vienmēr; arvien2) (continually or repeatedly: He is always making mistakes.) vienmēr; arvien* * *arvien, vienmēr -
10 exception
[-ʃən]1) (something or someone not included: They all work hard, without exception; With the exception of Jim we all went home early.) izņemot2) (something not according to the rule: We normally eat nothing at lunchtime, but Sunday is an exception.) izņēmums* * *izņēmums; iebildums -
11 need
[ni:d] 1. negative short form - needn't; verb1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) vajadzēt; just vajadzību2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) būt nepieciešamam, būt nepieciešamībai2. noun1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) vajadzība[]2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) trūkums; nabadzība3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) iemesls•- needless- needlessly
- needy
- a need for
- in need of* * *vajadzība; prasības, vajadzības; nabadzības, trūkums; grūtības, nelaime; just vajadzību -
12 get ahead
(to make progress; to be successful: If you want to get ahead, you must work hard.) gūt panākumus -
13 keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
(to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.) izdzīt/nostrādināt kāduEnglish-Latvian dictionary > keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
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14 keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
(to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.) izdzīt/nostrādināt kāduEnglish-Latvian dictionary > keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
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15 slog
[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) []belzt2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) rāpties; smagi kāpt3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) smagi strādāt2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) smags darbs2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) belziens* * *belziens; nogurdinošs darbs, smags; iebelzt; nopūlēties -
16 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.) [] darbs2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) darbaspēks; strādnieki3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) dzemdības; dzemdību sāpes4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) leiboristu partija (Lielbritānijā)2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) []strādāt2) (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.) pūlēties; mocīties; ar grūtībām tikt uz priekšu•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving* * *pūles, darbs; strādnieku šķira, strādnieki, darbaspēks -
17 fruit
[fru:t] 1. noun1) (the part of a plant that produces the seed, especially when eaten as food: The fruit of the vine is the grape.) auglis2) (a result; something gained as a result of hard work etc: the fruit of his hard work.) augļi; rezultāts2. verb(to produce fruit: This tree fruits early.) dot augļus- fruitful- fruition
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruity* * *augļu salāti; rūpnieciskā dārzkopība, augļkopība; spēļu automāts; augļi, auglis; rezultāti, augļi; ražot augļus -
18 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) vadīt (automašīnu)2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) []vest; transportēt (ar automašīnu)3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) dzīt; trenkt4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) iesist; iedzīt (naglu u.tml.); izdarīt sitienu (golfa spēlē)5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) darbināt2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) izbraukums (ar automašīnu)2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) piebraucamais ceļš3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) spars4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) kampaņa5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) sitiens (ar golfa nūju u.tml.)6) ((computers) a disk drive.) diskdzinis•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on* * *braukšana; izbraukums; piebraucamais ceļš; dzīšana, vajāšana; uzbrukums, trieciens; dzinulis; spars; kampaņa; sitiens; piedziņa, pievads, pārnesums; trenkt, dzīt; iedzīt; vadīt pajūgu; braukt, vadīt; transportēt, aizvest; darbināt; traukties, drāzties; novest; izbūvēt; pārslogot; atlikt -
19 effort
['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) piepūle2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) pūles3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) sasniegums•- effortlessly* * *piepūle; sasniegums -
20 slave
[sleiv] 1. noun1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) vergs2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) vergs2. verb(to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) vergot- slavery* * *verdzene, vergs; vergot
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