They finally succeeded after many months of travail.
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Travail
/tɹəˈveɪl/
Synonyms for "travail" (132 found)
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accouchementbe confinedbearbear a childbear youngbirthbirth throesbirthingbirthmarkblessed eventcalvecastchildbearingchildbedchildbirthconfinementdeliverydig
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11 entriesarduous travailgreat travailhard travailhours of travailin travailstate of travailthe travail of childbirthtravail attravail ontravail throughtravail with
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"I, torn from burning Troy o'er many a wave, / endured the lust of Pyrrhus and his pride, / and knew a mother's travail as his slave. / Fired with Hermione, a Spartan bride, / me, joined in bed and bondage, he allied / to Helenus."
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And going forth from thence, he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail, by reason of her hard labour, she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.
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Great trauail is created to al men, and an heauie yoke vpon the children of Adam, from the day of their comming forth of their mothers wombe, vntil the day of their burying, into the mother of al. […]
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