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His whole past life of fruitless labour and ever-growing want explains it.
Tout son passé d’inutile travail, de misère sans cesse accrue, est là qui l’explique.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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included with the successor's holding if the retained land is worked in conjunction with the rest of the holding and if in general the same labour force and means of production as for the rest of the holding are employed;
est relevé avec l'exploitation du successeur, si le lopin de terre est mis en valeur avec le reste de l'exploitation et, en règle générale, avec la même main-d'oeuvre et les mêmes moyens de production;
It must include an innovative labour force.
La présence d’une main-d’œuvre novatrice figure parmi ces nouveaux fondements.
© TD
However, the necessary trenching on provincial jurisdiction is much more in harmony with the principles of federalism than is the wholesale withdrawing of labour relations from provincial jurisdiction.
Toutefois, l'empiétement nécessaire sur la compétence provinciale s'harmonise davantage avec les principes du fédéralisme que le fait de soustraire systématiquement les relations de travail à la compétence provinciale.
promote the free movement of persons, goods, services, capital, labour and technology;
promouvoir la libre circulation des populations, des biens, des services, des capitaux, de la main-d'oeuvre et de la technologie;
Ah! poor old man, cripple that he was, ending like some beast of burden that has foundered by the roadside--that goal of labour!
Ah ! ce vieil homme, cet éclopé du travail, finissant en bête fourbue, tombée à la borne !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks assigned to it, the Commission should be kept informed of the level and composition of labour costs and of the structure and distribution of earnings in the Member States;
considérant que, pour accomplir les tâches qui lui sont confiées, la Commission doit être tenue informée du niveau et de la composition du coût de la main-d'oeuvre ainsi que de la structure et de la répartition des salaires dans les États membres;
At each proposition unfolded by Bache, such as labour rendered agreeable by police regulations, phalansteria organised like barracks, religion transformed into pantheist or spiritist deism, he gently shrugged his shoulders.
À chaque opinion de Bache, le travail rendu agréable par des règlements de police, le phalanstère organisé ainsi qu’une caserne, la religion restaurée en un déisme panthéiste ou spirite, il haussait doucement les épaules.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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investigating at a technical level the harmonisation of the criteria by which Member States assess the state of their labour markets.
d'étudier sur le plan technique l'harmonisation des critères selon lesquels les États membres apprécient la situation de leur marché de l'emploi.
"Ah!" murmured the doctor, "I, who knew him so valiant, so enthusiastic in all noble labour!
« Ah ! murmura le docteur, moi qui l’ai connu si vaillant, si enthousiaste des nobles besognes !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
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The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
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He found Miette engaged upon the same labour as the day before.
Il trouva Miette à sa besogne de la veille.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
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The Fortune of the Rougons
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© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Such a solution retains a balance in the application of the Charter, and leaves the legal management of labour relations to Parliament and legislatures as well as to the parties to labour agreements.
Une telle solution conserve l'équilibre dans l'application de la Charte et laisse la gestion légale des relations du travail au Parlement et aux législatures de même qu'aux parties aux conventions collectives.
Eastern Nova Scotia has a strong community and regional history of local action, community development and cooperative, labour and social justice movements, she noted.
Elle a fait remarqué que l'Est de la Nouvelle-Ecosse se démarque par son action locale au sein des collectivités et des régions, ainsi que par le développement communautaire et les mouvements coopératifs, ouvriers, sociaux et juridiques.
© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)
© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
The contractor had entered a labour and material bond with appellant's predecessor as surety and the contractor as principal.
L'entrepreneur avait souscrit un cautionnement pour le paiement des matériaux et de la main-d'œuvre, dans lequel le prédécesseur de l'appelante est la caution et l'entrepreneur le débiteur principal.
He found greater calm and better health in this labour of a brute which kept him bent all day long over invoices, over enormous additions, each figure of which he patiently added up.
Il se trouvait plus calme, mieux portant, dans ce labeur de brute, dans ce travail d'employé qui le courbait tout le jour sur des factures, sur d'énormes additions dont il épelait patiemment chaque chiffre.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
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Collocations

division of labour
division du travail
labour time
heure de main d'oeuvre
labour code
code du travail
labour protection
protection du travail
labour protection
sécurité et hygiène du travail
labour legislation
législation du travail
manual labour
travail manuel
labour cost
coût de main-d'œuvre
labour cost
coût salarial
labour law
droit du travail
labour saving
économie de main-d'œuvre
labour costs
frais de main-d'œuvre
foreign labour
main-d'œuvre étrangère
female labour
main-d'œuvre féminine
indirect labour
main-d'œuvre indirecte

Word forms

labour

noun
SingularPlural
Common caselabourlabours
Possessive caselabour'slabours'

labour

verb
Basic forms
Pastlaboured
Imperativelabour
Present Participle (Participle I)labouring
Past Participle (Participle II)laboured
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I labourwe labour
you labouryou labour
he/she/it laboursthey labour
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am labouringwe are labouring
you are labouringyou are labouring
he/she/it is labouringthey are labouring
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have labouredwe have laboured
you have labouredyou have laboured
he/she/it has labouredthey have laboured
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been labouringwe have been labouring
you have been labouringyou have been labouring
he/she/it has been labouringthey have been labouring
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I labouredwe laboured
you labouredyou laboured
he/she/it labouredthey laboured
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was labouringwe were labouring
you were labouringyou were labouring
he/she/it was labouringthey were labouring
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had labouredwe had laboured
you had labouredyou had laboured
he/she/it had labouredthey had laboured
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been labouringwe had been labouring
you had been labouringyou had been labouring
he/she/it had been labouringthey had been labouring
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will labourwe shall/will labour
you will labouryou will labour
he/she/it will labourthey will labour
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be labouringwe shall/will be labouring
you will be labouringyou will be labouring
he/she/it will be labouringthey will be labouring
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have labouredwe shall/will have laboured
you will have labouredyou will have laboured
he/she/it will have labouredthey will have laboured
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been labouringwe shall/will have been labouring
you will have been labouringyou will have been labouring
he/she/it will have been labouringthey will have been labouring
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would labourwe should/would labour
you would labouryou would labour
he/she/it would labourthey would labour
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be labouringwe should/would be labouring
you would be labouringyou would be labouring
he/she/it would be labouringthey would be labouring
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have labouredwe should/would have laboured
you would have labouredyou would have laboured
he/she/it would have labouredthey would have laboured
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been labouringwe should/would have been labouring
you would have been labouringyou would have been labouring
he/she/it would have been labouringthey would have been labouring
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am labouredwe are laboured
you are labouredyou are laboured
he/she/it is labouredthey are laboured
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being labouredwe are being laboured
you are being labouredyou are being laboured
he/she/it is being labouredthey are being laboured
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been labouredwe have been laboured
you have been labouredyou have been laboured
he/she/it has been labouredthey have been laboured
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was labouredwe were laboured
you were labouredyou were laboured
he/she/it was labouredthey were laboured
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being labouredwe were being laboured
you were being labouredyou were being laboured
he/she/it was being labouredthey were being laboured
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been labouredwe had been laboured
you had been labouredyou had been laboured
he/she/it had been labouredthey had been laboured
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be labouredwe shall/will be laboured
you will be labouredyou will be laboured
he/she/it will be labouredthey will be laboured
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been labouredwe shall/will have been laboured
you will have been labouredyou will have been laboured
he/she/it will have been labouredthey will have been laboured