arduous task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofarduousandtask
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arduous
adjective
uk/ˈɑː.dʒu.əs/us/ˈɑːr.dʒu.əs/
difficult, needing a lot of effort ...
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task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/us/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofarduousandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Generalizing the accumulated knowledge of this rural past becomes anarduoustask, therefore.
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This was anarduoustaskbecause promiscuity must have been rampant, at least in some parishes.
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No longer is it such anarduoustaskto keep track of words that never stay still, though problems for dictionary-makers still abound.
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It is the caregiver who will deliver care to the patient and who therefore needs to be empowered and supported in this often lonely andarduoustask.
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Now, to overturn this fact, by the reasoning of persons who did not hear these performances, is rather anarduoustask.
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While it would be anarduoustaskto establish the frequency of conflicts today, this holds even more for past conflicts.
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Depending on which constituency they represent, that can be veryarduoustask.
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It was a far more difficult andarduoustaskthan the repetition of a formula.
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The fishermen represent, quite rightly, that they have a difficult andarduoustask.
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We wish him well in hisarduoustask.
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That is anarduoustaskfor anyone to undertake.
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They cannot stand thearduoustaskof an all-night sitting.
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I can remember the veryarduoustaskof closing the private slaughterhouses there.
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It has been anarduoustask, not only in parliamentary terms.
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The commercial system, in particular, will perform thisarduoustask.
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He has had a long andarduoustasktoday.
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Therefore, it is important that everything should be done to help him in hisarduoustask.
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A great many women have thus been relieved of anarduoustask.
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They can sit there and smile because their long andarduoustaskis finished.
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