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travail
noun
- Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting: drudgery, labor, moil, toil, work.
Informal: sweat.
Chiefly British: fag.
Idiom:
sweat of one's brow. See
work
- The act or process of bringing forth young: accouchement, birth, birthing, childbearing, childbirth, delivery, labor, lying-in, parturition. See
start
verb
- To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion: drive, fag, labor, moil, strain
1, strive, sweat, toil, tug, work.
Idiom:
break one's back (or neck). See
work
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