toil in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

toil in the PONS Dictionary

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Laborers toiled with pick and shovel at the immense construction task, working for an average daily wage of 75 cents.
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These were the citizens who toiled long hours unloading aircraft and making new runways.
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They are rendered as mostly stoical, although in obvious physical discomfort, with their bodies bowed in toil.
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In one case, but not the other, the toil would be a self-alienating exercise of essential powers' (p. 170).
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Unmindful of the vagaries of nature they toiled in the farmlands and occasionally longed for the church bells.
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The statue shows four men toiling to move a rock, depicting the hard work of the labouring class.
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They are thought to be a lazy lot who spend the whole day in the shed while the rest are toiling in the hot sun.
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Through years of unremitting toil and the force of his own unique personality, the slaves' situation slowly improved.
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But properly speaking effeminacy regards lack of pleasures, while delicacy regards the cause that hinders pleasure, for instance toil or the like.
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She toiled tirelessly and seven more books followed in close succession.
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