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Cambridge Dictionary's results


travail

noun

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  1. an unpleasant experience or situation, especially one that involves a lot of hard work or effort:

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    the recent travails of the airline industry

Oxford Dictionary's results


travail

noun

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  1. an unpleasant experience or situation that involves a lot of hard work, difficulties and/or pain

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    the travails of life in post-war Britain

Merriamwebster Dictionary's results


travail

noun

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  1. work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil

    a physical or mental exertion or piece of work : task, effort

    agony, torment

  2. labor, childbirth

travail

verb

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  1. to labor hard : toil

  2. labor sense 4

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