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1 dearth of workmen
strādnieku trūkums -
2 foreman
['fo:mən]plural - foremen; noun(the supervisor or leader of a group, especially of workmen or a jury: The foreman here is in charge of twenty workmen.) meistars; priekšstrādnieks; zvērināto tiesas vecākais* * *meistars, priekšstrādnieks; zvērināto vecākais -
3 asphalt
['æsfælt, ]( American[) -fo:lt]noun, adjective((of) a mixture containing tar, used to make roads, pavements etc: The workmen are laying asphalt; an asphalt playground.) asfalts* * *asfalts; asfaltēt; noasfaltēt -
4 flask
1) (a container in which drinks can be carried: a flask of whisky.) plakanpudele2) (a vacuum flask: The workmen carried flasks of tea.) termoss3) (a bottle, usually with a narrow neck.) kolba; karafe* * *flakons, plakanpudele; kolba; appīta vīna pudele -
5 friction
['frikʃən]1) (the rubbing together of two things: The friction between the head of the match and the matchbox causes a spark.) berze2) (the resistance felt when one object is moved against another (or through liquid or gas): There is friction between the wheels of a car and the road-surface.) berze3) (quarrelling; disagreement: There seems to be some friction between the workmen and the manager.) domstarpības; rīvēšanās* * *berze; rīvēšanās, domstarpības; norīvēšanās -
6 gang
[ɡæŋ]1) (a number (of workmen etc) working together: a gang of men working on the railway.) (strādnieku) brigāde2) (a group (of people), usually formed for a bad purpose: a gang of jewel thieves.) banda•- gangster- gang up on
- gang up with* * *brigāde, maiņa; banda; kompānija, bars; komplekts; iet -
7 guise
(a disguised or false appearance: The thieves entered the house in the guise of workmen.) maska; maskēšanās; izlikšanās* * *maska, maskējums -
8 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 -
9 sack
I [sæk] noun(a large bag of coarse cloth, strong paper or plastic: The potatoes were put into sacks.) maiss- sacking- sackcloth II [sæk] verb(to dismiss (a person) from his job: One of the workmen was sacked for drunkenness.) atlaist no darba* * *laupīšana; maiss; plats mētelis; gulta; iekarotu, izlaupīt; bērt maisā; atlaist no darba; uzvarēt -
10 squad
[skwod]1) (a small group of soldiers drilled or working together: The men were divided into squads to perform different duties.) vienība; vads2) (a group of people, especially a working-party: a squad of workmen.) brigāde•* * *nodaļa; brigāde; komanda -
11 workman
noun (a man who does manual work: the workmen on a building site.) strādnieks* * *darbinieks, strādnieks -
12 overalls
noun plural (a type of trousers or suit made of hard-wearing materials worn usually over ordinary clothes by workmen etc to protect them from dirt etc: The painter put on his overalls before starting work; I'll need a clean pair of overalls tomorrow.) kombinezons -
13 wage-packet
1) (the packet in which wages are paid: The cashier puts the workmen's money in wage-packets.) algas aploksne2) (wages: Because of heavier taxation, my wage-packet has been getting smaller.) alga
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