hard labor
Forced servitude in the form of physically difficult labor, usually as a penal punishmentForced servitude in the form of physically difficult labor, usually as a penal punishment.
» Hard labor was beginning to tell on his health.
Die schwere Arbeit wirkte sich langsam auf seinen Gesundheitszustand aus.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Forced servitude in the form of physically difficult labor, usually as a penal punishment.
Examples
10 sentencesHard labor was beginning to tell on his health.
deDie schwere Arbeit wirkte sich langsam auf seinen Gesundheitszustand aus. — raggione
Making babies is not hard labor.
deKinderzeugen ist keine Zwangsarbeit. — Esperantostern
I have no life, but hard labor.
ruУ меня не жизнь, а каторга. — Ooneykcall
He did hard manual labor through the day.
ruВесь день он занимался тяжёлым физическим трудом. — Ooneykcall
The judge handed down a sentence of five years hard labor.
deDer Richter verhängte das Urteil fünf Jahre Zwangsarbeit. — Sudajaengi
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable