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task

A task is a specific piece of work, often unpleasant. Come here, young man. I have a task for you to do. Telecommunications systems for hotels now perform many more tasks than just allowing people to make telephone calls. When I was young, I had the task of milking the cows. If you take someone to task, you criticise them strongly. Father took her to task for taking the car without asking.

task

If you task someone with doing something, you give them that job.

task

(= undertaking) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted he prepared for great undertakings (= job, chore) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars the job of repairing the engine took several hours the endless task of classifying the samples the farmer's morning chores assign a task to I tasked him with looking after the children (= tax) use to the limit you are taxing my patience

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Simple sentences

He could not hide his disgust at the task he was to perform.
He assigned me a new task.
It took some effort for Tom to finish the task.
Tom entrusted me with an important task.
It's presumptuous for humans to assume that our task is to do what only God can do.
He is equal to the task.
Although it is a very difficult task, I will do my best.
It is too easy a task for him.
It is a task beyond my power.
To prevent the disease from spreading quickly was not an easy task.
The task is so difficult that I cannot accomplish it.
I am proud of having accomplished such a task.
I will read a book when I have finished this task.
This task is too much for him.
This task is too much for me.
This task took three hours.
You may as well do the task now.
I have not finished the task yet.
It's true that the project is a difficult task, but Mr Hara will be able to bring it off.
Any task may become painful.
The accomplishment of this task took many years.
Do you think it impossible to finish the task before five?

Movie subtitles

No, that's my task, so you just stay put.
An unpleasant task.
I am ailing, and under no circumstances am I able. to undertake any task save that of my own recovery.
All of Los' brain power and energy has been devoted to one task. -the trip to Mars, and in his imagination he often pictures.
I'll take him to task personally.
My friend, it is not an arduous task that I bequeath for our order knows only silken bonds.
His task was defending his people.. insteadofdesertingthem to fight in foreign lands.
I'll condemn anything that leaves the task of holding England.. tooutlawslikeme.
It will not allow a pretty girl to kill the task.
I have risen to a difficult task.
But first, you must prove yourselves worthy by performing a very small task.
I must prepare for a difficult task that awaits me.
And in my whole vast kingdom, I could find nothing to do - no task, no aim, no purpose - for always my grand vizierJaffar stood between me and my people.
For this task, he must be conscientious and above all, humble, or he has no business being here.
And the idea was born. That he could collaborate With David Gill from the Cape Observatory to perform that huge task of measuring all the plates Gill had been collecting.
Our task was to process the observations from Kootwijk, do some calculations and give the results to Van de Hulst so that he could put together a map.
Our task was to measure the radio intensities at different frequencies.
Listen. Heinrich accomplished his final task and completed the mission.
Ladies and Gentlemen. it is no small task, as you know. to supply my establishment with new talent.
And so, in retiring as president of this college, it is indeed a painful task to bid you all goodbye.
His task was defending his people instead of deserting them to fight in foreign lands. What?
I'll condemn anything that leaves the task of holding England to outlaws like me.
Now, if this officer should escape your husband will pay for it with his life, so I needn't stress the importance of the task I'm giving you.
But I will give you a task less to your liking.
This task brought Joan of the long journey through his homeland looking for a magic sword.
I have been given an unpleasant task.
We all know what a task lies before us.
You know what a task lies before you.
This task will involve a corporal, a sergeant, and ten light infantrymen.
That's an herculean task!
A sacred task you've done.
But the sooner I leave the sooner we can complete our task.
To complete our sacred task we must be strong in our faith.
I cannot impress upon you too strongly the importance of tonight's task.

News and current affairs

It is the Czech Republic's task, and that of the Swedish EU presidency that will follow our own, to maintain this unity as the PCA negotiations move forward.
Shutting down a vital source of electrical energy, which Chernobyl remains, is no an easy task, particularly with winter upon us.
Indeed, the eurozone may require not just an international bailout of banks (as recently in Spain), but also a full sovereign bailout at a time when eurozone and international firewalls are insufficient to the task of backstopping both Spain and Italy.
Sustainable development is a generational challenge, not a short-term task.
Little has been done to deconstruct structural complexity, let alone win sufficient public support for a medium-term vision, a credible implementation strategy, and a set of measures that is adequate to the task at hand.
MEXICO CITY - For the next American president, fixing the international mess inherited from the Bush administration will be no simple task.
Europe's security services are working closely together within the Counter-Terrorist Group, and Europol's Counter-Terrorist Task Force has been re-established.
To facilitate the extremely complex task of counter-terrorism policymaking in the EU, we now have a Plan of Action, approved by the European Council, which clearly specifies who does what, and by when.
BERLIN - The world's task in addressing North Korea's saber rattling is made no easier by the fact that it confronts an impoverished and effectively defeated country.
But the European Council also created a Task Force under President Herman Van Rompuy to elaborate concrete proposals for reforming the monetary union.
What the economy needs is reactivation, and government policies must focus on this task.
That task requires patience and strategic perseverance.
In public discussions there is often a presumption that it is the task of the medical profession.
With the EU's internal borders reduced to purely administrative boundaries, this task has passed to institutions that wield immense preemptive authority over member states.
The task of remedying it must begin at the meeting on climate change that will be held in Copenhagen in December.
Despite her two decades of house arrest and isolation, Suu Kyi possesses two of the gifts that enabled Mandela to carry out his great task: a reassuring serenity and an utter lack of vindictiveness.
Similarly, the mandate of the Financial Action Task Force, created in 1989 to curb money laundering, has grown and become focused mainly on curbing terrorist financing.
Each marshaled the sharpest minds from a range of countries to address one task.
Moreover, a dedicated financial institution should be set up to aid in this task.
So the next task is to design wise, innovative, and cost-effective programs to address these challenges.
Building a proper division of responsibility between state and market from this insight is today's main task.
The Egyptian revolution now faces the exacting task that confronts all successful revolutions: how to define the future.
At home, too, massive distrust will further complicate an inherently difficult task.

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