slave driver in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for slave driver in the English»Italian Dictionary

slave driver [Brit, Am sleɪv ˈdraɪvər] N HISTORY

slave driver

sorvegliante mf di schiavi

slave driver fig

negriero m / negriera f

slave driver fig

schiavista mf

Translations for slave driver in the English»Italian Dictionary

slave driver HISTORY

sorvegliante di schiavi

slave driver fig

negriero

Translations for slave driver in the Italian»English Dictionary

il capo è un vero schiavista

the boss is a real slave driver

schiavista

slave driver

schiavista

slave driver

negriero

slave driver

Translations for slave driver in the English»Italian Dictionary

driver [Brit ˈdrʌɪvə, Am ˈdraɪvər] N

1. driver:

driver

conducente mf

driver MOTOR

automobilista mf

driver MOTOR (for a living)

autista mf

to be a good, bad driver

guidare bene, male

a careful, reckless driver

un automobilista prudente, spericolato

2. driver (mechanical component):

driver

elemento m motore

3. driver (golf club):

driver

driver m

4. driver (overseer of slaves):

slave driver HISTORY

sorvegliante di schiavi

slave driver fig

negriero

I.slave [Brit sleɪv, Am sleɪv] N

1. slave (servant):

slave

schiavo m / schiava f

slave before n colony, owner

di schiavi

slave revolt, market

degli schiavi

2. slave (victim) fig:

to be a slave to or of fashion, habit

essere schiavo di

a slave to convention

schiavo delle convenzioni

3. slave COMPUT before n:

slave computer, station

secondario

II.also slave away VB intr

also slave away

lavorare come uno schiavo

to slave away from morning to night

sgobbare dal mattino alla sera

to slave (away) at housework, at one's job

non fermarsi un momento con i lavori di casa, con il proprio lavoro

to slave over accounts, homework

non alzare la testa da

to slave over the stoves

stare tutto il giorno ai fornelli

III.slave [Brit sleɪv, Am sleɪv]

to work like a slave

lavorare come uno schiavo

slave driver in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for slave driver in the English»Italian Dictionary

slave driver N iron inf

slave driver

negriero(-a) m (f)

Translations for slave driver in the English»Italian Dictionary

driver [ˈdraɪ·vɚ] N

1. driver AUTO:

driver

conducente mf

truck driver

camionista mf

taxi driver

tassista mf

to be in the driver's seat fig

essere al comando di qc

2. driver COMPUT:

driver

driver m inv

I.slave [sleɪv] N

slave

schiavo(-a) m (f)

Phrases:

to be a slave to fashion

essere schiavo della moda

II.slave [sleɪv] VB intr

slave

lavorare come un negro

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He's a perfectionist, a slave driver on himself.

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The slave drivers are wild the slaves won't work as hard as they want them to.

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No, no, these are slave drivers.

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Luckily though no slave drivers as bosses for me.

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I would rather break a rock in two and eat it than allow these slave drivers to give us orders.

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As practiced in the past, the slave drivers are still regarded as superior in the modern society whilst the poor major black descendants are discarded as inferior.

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So we're our own slave drivers, in a way.

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He was their puppeteer, he was their slave driver.

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He answers the slave drivers' indignation with a cool (and ruthlessly violent) efficiency that we'll grow accustomed to, carefully establishing a motive of self-defense before opening fire.

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As is sadly still the case today, slave drivers misused their status and visited major cruelty on their peers.

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