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1 toil
1. intransitive verb1) (work laboriously) schwer arbeiten; sich abarbeitentoil at/over something — sich mit etwas abplagen/abmühen
2) (move laboriously) sich schleppen2. noun[harte] Arbeit* * *[toil] 1. verb1) (to work hard and long: He toiled all day in the fields.) sich abmühen2) (to move with great difficulty: He toiled along the road with all his luggage.) sich quälen2. noun(hard work: He slept well after his hours of toil.) die Plackerei* * *[tɔɪl]hard/honest \toil harte/ehrliche Arbeit\toil and tribulation Mühsal fII. vi2. (go with difficulty)to \toil along the cliff/up a hill sich [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR hinaufschleppen] eine Klippe entlang-/einen Hügel hochschleppen akkIII. vt* * *[tɔɪl]1. vi2) (= move with effort) sich schleppen2. n(liter: work) Mühe f, Plage f (geh)* * *toil1 [tɔıl]A s mühselige Arbeit f, Plackerei f umgB v/itoil up a hill mühsam einen Berg erklimmentoil2 [tɔıl] s1. obs Falle f (für wilde Tiere)2. meist pl fig Schlingen pl, Netz n:a) in den Schlingen des Satans etc,b) in Schulden etc verstrickt* * *1. intransitive verb1) (work laboriously) schwer arbeiten; sich abarbeitentoil at/over something — sich mit etwas abplagen/abmühen
2) (move laboriously) sich schleppen2. noun[harte] Arbeit* * *v.quälen v.schuften v. -
2 travail
trav·ail[ˈtræveɪl, AM trəˈ-]n ( liter)▪ \travails pl Mühen plto be in \travail in den Wehen liegen* * *['trveɪl]1. n1) usu pl (= toils) Mühen plafter all the travails of Watergate — nach den schweren Belastungen durch die Watergate-Affäre
3) (old: childbirth) (Geburts)wehen pl2. vi1) (old, liter: toil) sich plagen (old)he travailed in the depths of despair — er litt in tiefer Verzweiflung
2) (old in childbirth) in den Wehen liegen, Wehen haben* * *A s1. mühevolle Arbeit2. MED Kreißen n, (Geburts)Wehen pl:be in travail → B 23. fig Pein f, Seelenqual f:be in travail with (schwer) ringen mitB v/i1. sich (ab)mühen2. MED kreißen, in den Wehen liegen
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