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Noun

Exhausting work or labor

The state of being in great mental or physical pain

The process of bearing young

An event or circumstance that causes sorrow

To apply great and continuous effort

To struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water

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Noun

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Exhausting work or labor

labour^UK

labor^US

endeavor^US

endeavour^UK

trials and tribulations

blood, sweat and tears

blood, swear, and tears

labouring^UK

laboring^US

vigor^US

vigour^UK

heavy labor^US

rigour^UK

rigor^US

ardor^US

ardour^UK

draft^US

draught^UK

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“The travails of austerity in the late 1940s.”

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The state of being in great mental or physical pain

dark night of the soul

trials and tribulations

thorn in someone's side

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

thorn in someone's flesh

offense^US

offence^UK

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

rigor^US

rigour^UK

labour^UK

labor^US

clamour^UK

baulk^UK

balk^US

butterflies in the stomach

unpleasant experience

clamor^US

vapours^UK

vapors^US

endogenous depression

butterflies in one's stomach

blot on the landscape

furor^US

furore^UK

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Noun

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The process of bearing young

Noun

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An event or circumstance that causes sorrow

rigor^US

rigour^UK

labor^US

labour^UK

peril

toil

fatigue

trials and tribulations

problematic situation

unfortunate situation

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To apply great and continuous effort

endeavour^UK

endeavor^US

labor^US

labour^UK

moil

plod

plough^UK

plow^US

pull out all the stops

make an all-out effort

do your best

give it your best shot

pour it on

keep your nose to the grindstone

work your fingers to the bone

work oneself to the bone

give something one's all

drag yourself

do your utmost

peg along

burn the candle at both ends

put one's back into something

work one's nuts off

put oneself out

work one's fingers to the bone

put up a fight against

keep nose to grindstone

go back to the salt mines

make a supreme effort

push oneself to the limit

try very hard

go all out for

drive oneself to the limit

put effort into something

move heaven and earth

leave no stone unturned

keep one's nose to the grindstone

give it one's best shot

give it a fly

give it a burl

put one's back into it

get stuck in

make effort

keep at

use some elbow grease

have one's nose to grindstone

roll up one's sleeves

shape up

belly up to the bar

get one's act together

go the whole nine yards

work one's socks off on

put one's shoulder to the wheel

give something a whirl

give something one's best shot

make one's way with difficulty

shinny

toil away at

proceed with difficulty

drive oneself too hard

wear oneself out

overburden oneself

run oneself into the ground

strain oneself

do too much

burn the midnight oil

practice presenteeism

overdo it

bite off more than you can chew

wear oneself to a shadow

overload oneself

push oneself too hard

overtax one's strength

overstrain oneself

drive oneself into the ground

work oneself into the ground

drive oneself too far

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To struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water

labor^US

labour^UK

agonize^US

agonise^UK

make one's way with difficulty

move on hands and knees

baulk^UK

balk^US

move at a snail's pace

be on pins and needles

martyr

be like a cat on hot bricks

have ants in one's pants

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