The meaning of Travail

noun

Hard menial or dull work.

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Domestic drudgery

noun

Hard, boring work

Usage examples:

Cleaning the oven is sheer drudgery.

noun

A vigorous or determined attempt.

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

He is endeavouring to help the third world

noun

An attempt to achieve a goal.

Usage examples:

An endeavour to reduce serious injury

verb

To try to do something

Usage examples:

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

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.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

noun

Practical work, especially involving physical effort

Usage examples:

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

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

They were slogging away to meet a deadline

noun

A spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling.

Usage examples:

It would be a hard slog back to the camp

noun

Pressure or tension exerted on a material object.

Usage examples:

The distribution of stress is uniform across the bar

verb

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

Usage examples:

In many areas irrigation is warranted to avoid plant stress

noun

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

Usage examples:

[ 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.

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

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

verb

To work hard to do something

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

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

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

The newspaper accounts of the trial

verb

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

Usage examples:

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…

noun

A cause of great trouble or suffering.

Usage examples:

The tribulations of being a megastar

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

He was tired after a day's work

verb

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

Usage examples:

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