do manual work

基本解释

Women who do manual work have easy delivery .
从事体力劳动的女性分娩容易。
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These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices。
如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。
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These days , people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices .
现在，从事体力劳动的人常常比办公室办事员收入优厚得多。

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It will also be tricky to find builders who can work well at such altitudes (few people can do hard manual labour where the air is so thin).
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