caught in the toils

caught in the toils
пойманный имя прилагательное:
очарованный (charmed, fascinated, spellbound, bewitched, delighted, caught in the toils)
пойманный (caught, caught in the toils)

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  • toil — toil1 toiler, n. /toyl/, n. 1. hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort. 2. a laborious task. 3. Archaic. battle; strife; struggle. v.i. 4. to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously: to toil in the fields. 5. to move or… …   Universalium

  • toil — I [[t]tɔɪl[/t]] n. 1) exhausting labor or effort 2) a laborious task 3) archaic battle; strife 4) to labor arduously 5) to move or travel with great effort or weariness 6) to accomplish by unremitting labor • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < AF toil …   From formal English to slang

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  • toil — toil1 [tɔıl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: toiller, from Old French toeillier to disturb, argue , from Latin tudiculare to crush , from tudicula machine for crushing olives , from tudes hammer ] 1.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • Sulpicius Severus — • An ecclesiastical writer, born of noble parents in Aquitaine c. 360; died about 420 25 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sulpicius Severus     Sulpicius Severus      …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • toil — {{11}}toil (n.1) hard work, c.1300, turmoil, contention, dispute, from Anglo Fr. toil (13c.), from toiler agitate, stir up, entangle, from O.Fr. toeillier drag about, make dirty (12c.), usually said to be from L. tudiculare crush with a small… …   Etymology dictionary


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