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Perhaps hard physical labour is still needed for the family to make its living.

On the day in question, he ate nothing and did hard physical labour.

After a while of physical labour with little pay, he asked to be taught how to cook.

I should have looked after them, especially my older brother, who was a scholar and had never done any physical labour in his life.

At home, we have all kinds of machines to do our physical labour.

The tasks involved are sometimes difficult, hard physical labour and at times dangerous.

Must have work experience indicating a background of physical labour.

He had always planned to earn a living through physical labour.

For the men interviewed, exercise after leaving school was often hard physical labour.

From the list, the class will identify which of the things the women do involve physical labour.

There has always been a reason why those who do physical labour are described as putting in “an honest day’s work”.

Picture working hard for several hours gardening or any physical labour where you are using large muscle groups.

It sounded as though he had heavy physical labour to perform.

He was, for instance, inspired by the rhythm of physical labour.

Physical labour is shared amongst the working population so that no one has to work for more than three hours per day.

Besides the hard physical labour, we often have to travel long distances to and from work.

They did very physical labour - picking cotton and domestic work.

Only black men could stand the conditions of physical labour in the diggings.

Making the settlement home took sheer physical labour and many had never worked the fields before.

Most worked in jobs that required hard physical labour.

He was like a relic of some earlier period when bigger men were needed for a greater physical labour.

A large part of the membership devoted huge efforts in physical labour to keeping the costs down.

If the physical labour continued and the heat kept up, dehydration would begin setting in within three days.

Since then physical labour has become less common, while medical technology has advanced.

Perhaps you like working with your hands, enjoy physical labour and like being by yourself.