It was a hard slog for Mary to raise her two children as a single parent.
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Slog
//slɒɡ//
Synonyms for "slog" (180 found)
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Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
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Noun(1 words)
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9 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- бъхтя се verb (to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task)
- влача се verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
- удрям силно verb (to strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat)
Czech
4 entries- dřina noun (hard persistent effort, session of work)
- lopota noun (hard persistent effort, session of work)
- makačka noun (hard persistent effort, session of work)
- dřít se verb (to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task)
Danish
3 entries- ase verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
- okse verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
- traske verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
Finnish
4 entries- huitaista verb (to strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat)
- iskeä verb (to strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat)
- kumauttaa verb (to strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat)
- löntystellä verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
German
4 entries- Schufterei noun (hard persistent effort, session of work)
- abmühen verb (to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task)
- abplagen verb (to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task)
- plagen verb (to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task)
Italian
2 entries- arrancare verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
- camminare a fatica verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
Polish
1 entries- taszczyć się verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
Russian
2 entries- вка́лывать verb (to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task)
- идти́ impf с трудом verb (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
Spanish
2 entries- tráfago noun (Translations)
- pencar verb (to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
“All I do the whole day is slog with animals, fetch firewood, sweep, cook and wash dishes,” she said. “If I had studied I would have been saved from this.”
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We can slog away all day at studying and still not learn anything.
Source: tatoeba (8977650)
It's going to be a long slog.
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