Engelsk substantiv: toil | |||
1. | toil (om handling) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His labor did not require a great deal of skill. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | labor, labour | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | work | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | corvee, donkeywork, drudgery, effort, elbow grease, exertion, grind, hackwork, haymaking, hunt, hunting, manual labor, manual labour, overwork, overworking, plodding, roping, slavery, sweat, travail | ||
Engelsk verb: toil | |||
1. | toil (om adferd) work hard | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She was digging away at her math homework. Lexicographers drudge all day long. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, travail | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | do work, work | ||