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I . la·bour [ˈleɪbəʳ] N

1. labour (work):

labour
delo n
division of labour
delitev dela
manual labour
fizično delo

3. labour no pl (childbirth):

labour
porod m
to go into labour
začeti rojevati

II . la·bour [ˈleɪbəʳ] VB intr

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1. labour (do physical work):

labour
garati
to do labouring work
opravljati garaško delo

2. labour (work hard):

labour
mučiti se
to labour on sth
mučiti se s čim

3. labour (do sth with effort):

labour
truditi se
labour
prebijati se
labour
trud, muka

hard ˈla·bour, hard ˈla·bor N no pl

hard labour
prisilno delo n

ˈla·bour camp N

ˈLa·bour Day N no pl Brit

Labour Day
praznik m dela

ˈla·bour dis·pute N

ˈla·bour force N + sing/pl vb

la·bour-in·ˈten·sive ADJ

ˈla·bour mar·ket N

labour market
trg m delovne sile

ˈla·bour move·ment N POL

ˈla·bour pains N pl MED

labour pains
porodne bolečine f pl

ˈLa·bour Par·ty N no pl Brit POL

ˈla·bour re·la·tions N pl

labour relations
delovni odnosi m pl

ˈla·bour-sav·ing ADJ

ˈla·bour short·age N

ˈla·bour ward N

labour ward
porodna soba f

Usage examples with labour

forced labour
prisilno delo
labour force
delovna sila
sweated labour
slabo plačano težaško delo
manual labour
fizično delo
skilled labour
kvalificirana delovna sila
unskilled labour
nekvalificirana delovna sila
to go into labour
začeti rojevati
division of labour
delitev dela
semi-skilled labour
polkvalificirana delovna sila
to go into labour [or labor]
imeti/dobiti popadke
to labour under the illusion that ...
verjeti, da ...

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
For example, the decision of a worker to be a part of the labour force becomes a dummy dependent variable.
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I do casual labour over at the casual labour office.
cjme.com
During the early years of the government, many political prisoners were sentenced to penal labour.
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The labour cost depends upon what is happening to the demand and supply of labour in the economy.
www.moneycontrol.com
He published numerous essays in various intellectual journals, dealing with subjects such as barbarity in the modern age, the troubles of labour movements, and the conflict between anarchism and communism.
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In the second semester the students can choose between two options that are to prepare them for two sections of the labour market.
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In the afternoon, she began getting contractions and her labour pains started.
www.bbc.co.uk
There are numerous variations of self-management, including labour-managed firms and worker-managed firms.
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The mandates of each organisation would be respected, and there would be no recourse to trade sanctions whilst maintaining a degree of basic protection for labour rights.
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In 2011-2012 hundreds of political prisoners were released and legislative changes re-establishing labour rights in the country.
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