Travail - English meaning

noun

Hard menial or dull work.

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Domestic drudgery

noun

Hard, boring work

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Cleaning the oven is sheer drudgery.

noun

Hard boring work

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The drudgery of housework

noun

A vigorous or determined attempt.

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in an effort to save money, i have committed to only buying items that i truly need

noun

Physical or mental activity needed to achieve something, or an attempt to do something

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[ c ] they met again in an effort to end the strike and get people back to work., [ u ] it took yea…

noun

A serious attempt to do something

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An effort to do sth this is part of an ongoing effort to develop the asian debt market., the guidel…

verb

Try hard to do or achieve something.

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He is endeavouring to help the third world

noun

An attempt to achieve a goal.

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An endeavour to reduce serious injury

verb

To try to do something

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Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem., in spite of our best endeavours, i…

noun

Physical or mental effort.

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She was panting with the exertion

noun

The use of a lot of mental or physical effort

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I get out of breath with any kind of physical exertion., we were exhausted after our exertions., th…

noun

The use of something such as authority, power, influence, etc. in order to make something happen

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The exertion of influence over who was appointed to the job

noun

Severe suffering or privation.

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Intolerable levels of hardship

noun

A condition of life that causes difficulty or suffering

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[ u ] the 1930s were a time of high unemployment and economic hardship.

noun

A condition that causes difficulty or suffering, for example, being without a job or enough money

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Financial/economic hardship the price of cooking gas increased five-fold, worsening the economic ha…

noun

Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

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New investment incentives for british industry

noun

The companies and activities involved in the production of goods for sale, esp. in a factory

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Business and industry, she’s worked in the banking and computer industries., it takes industry and …

noun

The companies and activities involved in the production of goods

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We hope the government listens to the concerns of industry and drops its plans to introduce another…

noun

Work, especially physical work.

Usage examples:

The price of repairs includes labour, parts, and vat

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

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They laboured from dawn to dusk

noun

Practical work, especially involving physical effort

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The cost will depend on the amount of labour involved., they gave us an estimated price including p…

noun

A very unpleasant and prolonged experience.

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The ordeal of having to give evidence

noun

An experience that is very painful, difficult, or tiring

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Her seven-month stay in the hospital was quite an ordeal.

noun

A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.

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Years of rationing and privation

noun

A lack of the basic things that are necessary for an acceptable standard of living

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Economic privation is pushing the poor towards crime., several villages suffered serious privations…

verb

Work hard over a period of time.

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They were slogging away to meet a deadline

noun

A spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling.

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It would be a hard slog back to the camp

noun

Pressure or tension exerted on a material object.

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The distribution of stress is uniform across the bar

verb

Physiological disturbance or damage caused to an organism by adverse circumstances.

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In many areas irrigation is warranted to avoid plant stress

noun

Worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes this condition

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[ u ] luis is under a lot of stress right now., [ c ] it’s hard to cope with the stresses of raisin…

verb

Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.

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National movements were striving for independence

Present participle of strive

verb

Make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.

Usage examples:

Before she could struggle, he lifted her up

noun

A forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack.

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There were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around

verb

To work hard to do something

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We watched boys on skateboards struggle to keep their balance., he struggled with his cousin, and h…

noun

Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear.

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Beads of sweat broke out on her brow

verb

Another term for sweatsuit or sweatpants.

verb

To excrete a salty, colorless liquid through the skin, esp. when you are hot or frightened

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He was sweating profusely., the soda cans sweat in this humidity., we have to sweat about money bec…

verb

Work extremely hard or incessantly.

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We toiled away

noun

Exhausting physical labour.

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A life of toil

noun

A formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.

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The newspaper accounts of the trial

verb

Test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance.

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Teachers all over the uk are trialling the materials

noun

The examination in a court of law of the facts of a case to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or responsible for an injury to another person

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[ c ] a criminal/civil trial, [ u ] the case will soon go to trial (= begin)., [ u ] she must still…

idiom

Troubles and events that cause suffering

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The trials and tribulations of marriage

noun

A cause of great trouble or suffering.

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The tribulations of being a megastar

noun

Difficulty or problems.

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I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

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He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

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[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

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He was tired after a day's work

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

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She has been working so hard

combining form

Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.

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Silverwork