belabour
suomi-englanti sanakirjabelabour englannista suomeksi
alleviivata perusteellisesti, kiinnittää erityistä huomiota
haukkua, polkea lokaan, haukkua pataluhaksi
pahoinpidellä, piestä
belabour englanniksi
To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.
(syn)
1856: (w), (w), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood.
(RQ:Besant Rice Chaplain)
To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to on or overelaborate.
1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, inaugural speech
- Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us.
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