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[kerstin]

1
a *post * retiremnet career
what does the post mean here?
2
Women now maintain a strong labour force *attachment*,including during their* childbearing years.*
attachment=?
childbearing years=the time when the baby is still in their mother? or even a period after that?
3
*stick* a gun in his face
does this mean to point at with a distance or press tightly on his face?

4
a labour *pool*=?
5
to *meet * their needs=to solve?

thanks for your help

[bud]

1. Post- means after, the opposite of pre-. So a person who has retired from their career may start a new career. Often, this post-career is focused more on the person's interests than on earning a high income.

2. Attachment - I think this means that a large number of the group (the group of all women) have a deisre to participate in the labour force.

Childbearing years - These are the years that a woman is physically able to become pregnant.

3. Either pressed to his face or close to his face even if not touching it (say, within an arm's length).

4. Those in the labour force and those looking for a job.

5. To satisfy their needs.