TRAVAILS

Meaning of TRAVAILS in English

[plural] [noun] [esp. literary] - the difficulties that are experienced as part of a particular situationTonight's documentary looks at the life of a struggling young actor, with all its travails, its despair and its joy.The travails of the British car industry are seldom out of the news.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

TRAVAILS — painful or laborious effort. → travail
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BÖLL, HEINRICH (THEODOR) — born Dec. 21, 1917, Cologne, Ger. died July 16, 1985, near Bonn, W.Ger. German writer. As a soldier in World …
Английский словарь Британика
TRAVAIL — I. travail trəˈvā(ə)l, ˈtraˌvāl sometimes traˈvā(ə)l or ˈtravəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from travaillier, …
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WHO, THE — The Who in concert. British rock group that was among the most popular and influential bands of the 1960s and …
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SINDBAD THE SAILOR — hero in The Thousand and One Nights who recounts his adventures on seven voyages. He is not to be confused …
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MEDVEDEV, ZHORES ALEKSANDROVICH — born Nov. 14, 1925, Tbilisi, Georgia, U.S.S.R. [now in Georgia] Soviet biologist who became an important dissident historian in the …
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BOLL, HEINRICH — born Dec. 21, 1917, Cologne, Ger. died July 16, 1985, near Bonn, W.Ger. Heinrich Bll. in full Heinrich Theodor Bll …
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BERDICHEVSKY, MICAH JOSEPH — born Aug. 19, 1865, Medzhibozh, Podolia, Russian Empire [now Medzhybizh, Ukraine] died Nov. 18, 1921, Berlin, Ger. pseudonym Micah Joseph …
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TRAVAIL — trav ‧ ail /ˈtræveɪl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] written [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: travaillier 'to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRAVAIL — ( travails) You can refer to unpleasant hard work or difficult problems as travail . ( LITERARY ) He did …
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SYMBOLIC
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SIGNIFICANCE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES appreciate the significance/importance/value of sth ▪ He did not fully appreciate the significance of signing …
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MEANTIME — adverb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But meantime the story is rich in symbolic significance for the travails of our age. …
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BÖLL, HEINRICH THEODOR — born Dec. 21, 1917, Cologne, Ger. died July 16, 1985, near Bonn, W.Ger. German writer. As a soldier in World …
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BÖLL, HEINRICH — born Dec. 21, 1917, Cologne, Ger. died July 16, 1985, near Bonn, W.Ger. German writer. As a soldier in World …
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TRIAL — n. 25B6; noun the trial is expected to last several weeks : COURT CASE, case, lawsuit, suit, hearing, inquiry, tribunal, …
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HARDSHIP — n. 25B6; noun PRIVATION, deprivation, destitution, poverty, austerity, penury, want, need, neediness, impecuniousness; misfortune, distress, suffering, affliction, trouble, pain, misery, …
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TRAVAIL — travail.ogg 1. ʹtræveıl n книжн. 1. родовые муки to be in travail - рожать 2. тяжёлый труд the travails of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TRAVAIL — 1. ʹtræveıl n книжн. 1. родовые муки to be in travail - рожать 2. тяжёлый труд the travails of ordinary …
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СТРАДАНИЯ — Travails
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