labour

Arbeit, Mühe

Arbeit, die Menschen leisten, besonders anstrengende körperliche Arbeit.

In einfachem Englisch: Work people do, especially hard physical work.

• The job involves heavy labour.
• We paid separately for materials and labour.
• Years of manual labour had damaged his back.

Synonyme: work, toil

Häufige Wendungen: manual labour, hard labour, cost of labour

Arbeitskräfte, Arbeiterschaft

Die Menschen, die arbeiten, besonders diejenigen mit körperlichen Tätigkeiten.

In einfachem Englisch: The people who work, especially those doing physical jobs.

• The farm needs more labour.
• Builders face a shortage of skilled labour.
• The company hired extra labour for the summer.

Synonyme: workers, workforce, manpower

Häufige Wendungen: skilled labour, labour shortage, cheap labour, organised labour

Wehen, Geburtsarbeit

Der Vorgang der Geburt, bei dem der Körper der Mutter das Baby durch Wehen nach außen drückt.

In einfachem Englisch: The process of giving birth, when the mother's body pushes the baby out.

• Her labour began at midnight.
• She went into labour a week early.
• The midwife stayed with her throughout labour.

So benutzt man es: be in labour (She was in labour for six hours.); go into labour (She went into labour during the night.)

Synonyme: childbirth

Häufige Wendungen: in labour, go into labour, labour pains

Labourpartei, Arbeiterpartei

Name einer politischen Partei, die nach eigener Aussage Arbeiter vertritt; in mehreren Ländern verwendet.

In einfachem Englisch: A political party that says it represents workers, used as a party name in several countries.

• Labour won the election.
• She voted Labour for the first time.
• The Labour leader spoke about housing costs.

Synonyme: Labour Party

Häufige Wendungen: Labour Party, Labour government, vote Labour

schuften, sich abmühen

Sehr hart arbeiten, oft lange oder unter Schwierigkeiten.

In einfachem Englisch: To work very hard, often for a long time or with difficulty.

• They labour in the fields all day.
• He laboured over dinner for hours.
• We laboured to finish the repairs before dark.

So benutzt man es: labour over something (She laboured over the report all evening.); labour to do something (They laboured to clear the road.)

Synonyme: work hard, toil, struggle

Gegenteile: rest

Häufige Wendungen: labour all day, labour over something, labour in fields

breittreten, übermäßig betonen

Eine Idee weiter erklären oder besprechen, obwohl die anderen sie bereits verstanden haben.

In einfachem Englisch: To keep explaining or discussing an idea after people already understand it.

• Please don't labour the point.
• He laboured his argument until everyone lost interest.
• There's no need to labour this point further.

Synonyme: belabour, dwell on

Häufige Wendungen: labour the point, labour an argument