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How to pronounce “travail”

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Pronunciation guide for travail

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of travail with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How the worst moments in our lives make us who we areand made her travail into a crucial identity.
Definition summary: (literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. [from 13th c.]

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How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are

and made her travail into a crucial identity.

[Noun]
(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. [from 13th c.]
Specifically, the labor of childbirth. [from 13th c.]
(obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). [14th–18th c.]
(obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object. [17th c.]
Obsolete form of travel.
Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”)
[Verb]
To toil.
To go through the labor of childbirth.

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