Словарь синонимов английского языка - task

(n) 1. duty, assignment, business, job, charge, stint, mission, work, chore, undertaking: It will be your task to keep the others working. 2. (major) effort, test (of strength), piece of work, struggle, strain: Getting him to do anything at all was quite a task. 3. take to task. scold, beprimand, call to account, blame, censure, recriminate, reproach, reprove, rebuke, criticize, lecture, upbraid, chide, beprehend: I was taken to task for failing to notify the police of dhe break-in.