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1 with difficulty
med svårighet (inte lätt, med stor ansträngning) -
2 with great difficulty
med stora svårigheter -
3 come to grips with
komma inpå livet, gå i närkamp med, ta ett nappatag med, ge sig i kast med* * *(to deal with (a problem, difficulty etc).) gå i närkamp med, ge sig i kast med -
4 having difficulty with
ha svårigheter med (ha problem, ha svårt för att) -
5 labour
n. labourpartiet, politiskst parti* * *['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.) arbete2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) arbetskraft, arbetare3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) förlossningsarbete, värkar4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Labour2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) arbeta []2) (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.) arbeta sig fram•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving -
6 hammer
n. hammare--------v. hamra; besegra* * *['hæmə] 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) hammare2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) hammare, klubba, kläpp3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) slägga2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) hamra, spika, bulta2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) slå (dunka) in•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out -
7 stiff
adj. stel; kylig; formell; trög, seg; hård; jobbig; stark--------adv. extremt, väldigt, totalt--------n. lik; idiot* * *[stif]1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) stel, styv2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) stel, trög3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) trög, tjock4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) svår, besvärlig5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) styv, hård6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) stel, kylig, formell•- stiffly- stiffness
- stiffen
- stiffening
- bore
- scare stiff -
8 eke out
1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.) dryga ut2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) nödtorftigt dra sig fram -
9 fumble
n. fumlande--------v. fumla, treva, känna efter; missa* * *1) (to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty: He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key.) fumla, rota, gräva2) (to drop a ball (clumsily), or fail to hold or catch it.) missa, tappa -
10 hobble
v. linka, halta; förena* * *['hobl](to walk with difficulty, usually taking short steps (eg because one is lame or because one's feet are sore): The old lady hobbled along with a stick.) halta. linka -
11 pick out
välja* * *1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) se ut, välja ut2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) peka ut, urskilja3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) plocka (ta) ut -
12 plough
n. plog--------v. plöja; anstränga sig hårt; plöja igenom; kugga (på examen)* * *1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) plog2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) plöja2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) plöja3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) plöja -
13 slog
n. hårt slag; trälande, knog--------v. dänga till, drämma till; knoga, knega; traska [mödosamt]* * *[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) dänga (drämma) till2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) traska, knoga3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) knoga, knega2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) slit, knog2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) hårt slag -
14 struggle
n. kamp; ansträngning--------v. kämpa; anstränga sig; streta* * *1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) streta, sprattla, kämpa2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) kämpa3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) kämpa sig2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) kamp -
15 wheeze
n. rosslande andning; skämt; utnött historia, banal berättelse--------v. andas tungt, andas rosslande; jämra* * *[wi:z] 1. verb(to breathe with a hissing sound and with difficulty.) väsa, rossla2. noun(such a sound.) väsande, rossling- wheezy- wheezily
- wheeziness -
16 worm
n. mask; (bildl.) stackare, kryp; (tekn.) gänga; rörslinga; (med.) avmaska; ett datavirus som vanligtvis kopierar sig själv genom nätverket och förstör datorens tillgångar (data)--------v. krypa, orma, åla; nästla sig in; smyga in, tränga in; avmaska* * *[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) mask2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) orma (åla, slingra) sig2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) locka (lirka) ur -
17 elicit
v. locka fram, få fram, framkalla* * *[i'lisit](to succeed in getting (information etc) from a person, usually with difficulty.) locka (dra) fram -
18 fight one's way
kämpa sig fram, slå sig igenom; slå sig fram, bryta sig en bana* * *(to make one's way with difficulty: She fought her way through the crowd.) -
19 flounder
n. flundra; rödspätta--------v. plumsa, pulsa, stövla fram, knoga iväg; sprattla, tumla, rulla omkring* * *(to move one's legs and arms violently and with difficulty (in water, mud etc): She floundered helplessly in the mud.) sprattla, tumla, rulla -
20 hard-earned
adjective (earned by hard work or with difficulty: I deserve every penny of my hard-earned wages.) surt (med möda) förtjänad
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