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task, US [transcription][t_sk]A n1 ( piece of work) travail m ;2 ( unpleasant duty) tâche f (of doing de faire) ; a hard task une lourde tâche ; to have the task of doing avoir pour tâche de faire ; he finds writing reports a hard task écrire des rapports est une tâche qu'il trouve difficile ; painting the ceiling will be no easy task ce ne sera pas facile de peindre le plafond.to take sb to task réprimander qn (about, for, over pour).
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