- spadework spade·work n
- ['speɪdˌwɜːk]
fig il grosso dei preparativi
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
spadework spade·work n
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spade·work — /ˈspeıdˌwɚk/ noun [noncount] : difficult work that is done especially to prepare for something She had her assistants do the spadework in preparation for the trial … Useful english dictionary
spadework — spade|work [ˈspeıd wə:k US wə:rk] n [U] hard work that has to be done in preparation before something can happen = ↑legwork ▪ Most of the spadework had been done by 1981 … Dictionary of contemporary English
spadework — spade|work [ speıd,wɜrk ] noun uncount BRITISH preparation and hard work that has to be done at the beginning of a project … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spadework — spade•work [[t]ˈspeɪdˌwɜrk[/t]] n. preliminary work, as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based • Etymology: 1770–80 … From formal English to slang
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spadework — noun a) Work done by digging with a spade. b) Work done in preparation for something else. Syn: digging, prep, preparatory … Wiktionary
spadework — n. hard dull drudgery preparatory work; work carried out with a spade … English contemporary dictionary
spadework — noun Date: 1778 1. work done with a spade 2. the hard plain preliminary drudgery in an undertaking … New Collegiate Dictionary
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