verb🔗ShareTravailler, peinerTo toil, to work."The construction workers were labouring under the hot sun to finish the building on time. "Les ouvriers du bâtiment travaillaient sous le soleil brûlant pour finir le bâtiment à temps.workjobbusinesseconomyindustryactionhumanprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDévelopper, insister surTo belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc)."The teacher was labouring the importance of good study habits, repeating the same advice in different ways. "Le professeur insistait sur l'importance de bonnes habitudes d'étude, répétant les mêmes conseils de différentes manières.languagecommunicationpointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePeiner, travailler péniblementTo be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden."Sentence: "After a long day of construction, the worker was labouring under the weight of his heavy tools." "Après une longue journée de construction, le travailleur peinait sous le poids de ses lourds outils.diseaseworkconditionsufferinghumanjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAccoucherTo suffer the pangs of childbirth."The midwife told John that Mary was labouring well and the baby would arrive soon. "La sage-femme a dit à John que Marie accouchait bien et que le bébé arriverait bientôt.medicinebodyphysiologyfamilysexhumansufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGîter, tanguerTo pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea."The small fishing boat was labouring heavily in the storm, tossed back and forth by the huge waves. "Le petit bateau de pêche tanguait lourdement dans la tempête, ballotté d'avant en arrière par les énormes vagues.nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTravail, labeur, effortThe act of one who labours; toil; work done."The farmer's labouring in the fields brought in a bountiful harvest. "Le travail du fermier dans les champs a permis d'obtenir une récolte abondante.workjobactioneconomyindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
