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travail

[ truh-veyl, trav-eyl ]

noun

  1. painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.

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  2. pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.

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  3. the pain of childbirth.


verb (used without object)

  1. to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor.
  2. to toil or exert oneself.

travail

/ 藞迟谤忙惫别瑟濒 /

noun

  1. painful or excessive labour or exertion
  2. the pangs of childbirth; labour
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to suffer or labour painfully, esp in childbirth
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of travail1

1200鈥50; (v.) Middle English travaillen < Old French travaillier to torment < Vulgar Latin *迟谤别辫补濒颈腻谤别 to torture, derivative of Late Latin 迟谤别辫腻濒颈耻尘 torture chamber, literally, instrument of torture made with three stakes ( tri-, pale 2 ); (noun) Middle English < Old French: suffering, derivative of travailler
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of travail1

C13: from Old French travaillier , from Vulgar Latin 迟谤颈辫补濒颈腻谤别 (unattested) to torture, from Late Latin 迟谤别辫腻濒颈耻尘 instrument of torture, from Latin 迟谤颈辫腻濒颈蝉 having three stakes, from 迟谤脓蝉 three + 辫腻濒耻蝉 stake
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At Ferrari, Hamilton's travails this season continued, underlined by the statistic that he has only once so far qualified higher than the seventh place he managed this weekend.

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Or perhaps better said, he has the disadvantage of his travails, mishaps and bad decisions occupying the foreground.

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McIlroy's travails have been an annual talking point coming into the iconic tournament which takes place every April and is the first of the year's majors.

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The central character was conjured out of a deeply personal source鈥攏amely, the travails of Stephen King鈥檚 mother, Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King.

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Hanley is 33 years old and with his travails in club football he has every reason to believe that his time is running out.

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