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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
labor
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
verb1 of 2
to work hard (often physically) for many hours
- “Slave labor still exists in many parts of the world.”Tatoeba
- “The workers labored all day long to finish the construction.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)