toil
/tɔɪl/verb
उच्चारण टॉइल
कड़ी मेहनत करना, पसीना बहाना, खटना
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Asked in previous papers
as synonym
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[I] ~ (away) (at/over sth) formal or literary
to work very hard for a long time
कड़ी मेहनत करना, पसीना बहाना, खटना
- The farmers toiled in the fields from dawn to dusk.
- She toiled away at the sewing machine to feed her children.
- Labourers toiled all day to finish the road before the rains.
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- He toiled for years to build his small shop.
- Radhika toiled through the night to finish her project.
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[I] ~ (+ adv./prep.) literary
to move slowly and with great effort
कठिनाई से धीरे-धीरे चलना
- The old pilgrims toiled up the steep path to the shrine.
- The farmers toiled in the heat from dawn until the last bag of wheat was loaded.
- The porters toiled up the steep slope with heavy loads.
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- The old bus toiled uphill, with smoke pouring from its engine.
- They toiled through the deep mud to reach the village.
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[U] formal or literary
hard, tiring work
कठिन परिश्रम, मशक्कत
- a life of toil in the mines
- Years of toil built the farm.
- After years of toil, the family finally owned a house.
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- The farmer's life is one of constant toil.
- Their toil in the fields brought a good harvest.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
toil (verb) + away / at / for
To work very hard. Toil away continues for a long time; toil at a task; toil for a goal.
बहुत कठिन परिश्रम करना; 'toil away' लंबे समय तक, 'toil at' किसी कार्य पर और 'toil for' किसी लक्ष्य के लिए।
- Farmers toil in the fields all day.
- He toiled for years to build the school.
toil (uncountable noun)
The noun means hard tiring work and takes no article or plural usually.
Noun का अर्थ कठिन थकाने वाला काम है और प्रायः article या plural नहीं लेता।
- Years of toil built this wall.
- After a day of toil, he slept deeply.
toil up / along / through
For slow movement with great effort over a hill or a hard path.
पहाड़ी या कठिन रास्ते पर बहुत प्रयास से धीरे-धीरे चलने के लिए।
- The mules toiled up the steep path.
toil and moil / blood, toil, tears
Fixed phrases for exhausting hard work, found in speeches.
ये भाषणों और लेखन में कठोर और थकाने वाले परिश्रम के स्थिर पदबंध हैं।
- He promised nothing but toil and sweat.
+Collocations 5
adjective + toil
hardendlessdailyhonestback-breakingceaseless
- Back-breaking toil made the labourers old early.
toil + adverb
awayendlesslytirelesslypatientlysilently
- She toiled tirelessly to pay the fees.
toil + preposition
in the sunfor a livingover booksat the loom
- He toiled over his books until midnight.
fruit of + toil
fruit of toilreward for toilyears of toilresult of toil
- The medal was the fruit of her years of toil.
toil + for
for a livingfor breadfor childrenfor years
- Many women toil for a living in the brick kilns.
“More examples 6
- Radhika's father toiled in the fields to educate his children.
राधिका के पिता ने बच्चों को पढ़ाने के लिए खेतों में कठिन परिश्रम किया।
- The workers toil under the hot sun without rest.
मज़दूर बिना आराम किए तपती धूप में मेहनत करते हैं।
- After years of toil, the farmer finally bought land.
वर्षों की कड़ी मेहनत के बाद किसान ने आखिरकार ज़मीन खरीदी।
- The students toiled through the thick syllabus.
विद्यार्थियों ने मोटे पाठ्यक्रम को बड़ी मेहनत से पूरा किया।
- Honest toil is nothing to be ashamed of.
ईमानदारी का परिश्रम शर्म की बात नहीं है।
- The labourers toiled day and night on the highway.
मज़दूरों ने राजमार्ग पर दिन-रात कठिन परिश्रम किया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He toiled very hardly for the exam.
✓ He toiled very hard for the exam.
Hardly means almost not; the adverb meaning with effort is hard.
'Hardly' का अर्थ मुश्किल से ही है; मेहनत के अर्थ में adverb 'hard' है।
✗ She toils in the field since morning.
✓ She has been toiling in the field since morning.
Since needs a perfect tense.
'Since' के साथ perfect tense आता है।
✗ She toiled for to pass the exam.
✓ She toiled to pass the exam.
Purpose takes a plain to-infinitive.
उद्देश्य के लिए सीधा to-infinitive आता है, 'for to' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Words for hard work differ in tone.
कठिन परिश्रम के शब्द भाव में अलग हैं।
Long hard work that tires the body, often formal.
शरीर को थकाने वाला लंबा कठिन काम, प्रायः औपचारिक।
- Villagers toil all year.
Physical work, also the workers as a group.
शारीरिक कार्य, और कामगारों का समूह भी।
- The labour was heavy.
Boring, tiring work with no interest.
उबाऊ, थकाने वाला काम जिसमें रुचि न हो।
- Washing pots is drudgery.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
Toil, with -oil (like soil and boil; not 'toyl'); keep apart toil (hard work) and toilet.
Toil, -oil के साथ (soil और boil की तरह; 'toyl' गलत है); toil (कड़ी मेहनत) और toilet को अलग रखिए।
?Which word?
Keep the hard-work words together: toil, labour, drudgery (dull hard work), slog (informal).
कठिन परिश्रम के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: toil, labour, drudgery (नीरस कड़ी मेहनत), slog (अनौपचारिक)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Toil and sweat, toil away at.
Collocations: toil and sweat (कड़ी मेहनत करना), toil away at (किसी काम में लगातार जुटे रहना)। toil का अर्थ है बहुत मेहनत करना।
'blood, toil, tears and sweat' (Churchill).
उक्ति 'blood, toil, tears and sweat' (Churchill)।