Take work?

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pdh0224
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Take work?

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Dear teacher,

Marriage is difficult and it takes work to make it succeed.


Q : What does "takes work" mean? Is it an idiom? I have not

seen the word before. I can't find it in a dictionary.



What do you think?



All the best, :)
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Post by Alan »

'Take' here means 'require'.
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