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Hard work and effort

heavy lifting

noun

difficult work that needs a lot of effort

work

noun

activity that involves physical or mental effort

care

noun

effort and attention

challenge

noun

something that needs a lot of skill, energy, and determination to deal with or achieve, especially something you have never done before and will enjoy doing

war

noun

a determined and organized effort to control or stop something, for example a disease or crime

effort

noun

physical or mental energy needed to do something

labour

noun

work, especially hard physical work

undertaking

noun

something difficult or complicated that you do

pursuit

noun

the process of trying to achieve something

strain

noun

physical effort or pressure

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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