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English translation: expresses breast milk

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English term or phrase:pumps
Selected answer:expresses breast milk
Entered by: S.J

04:56 Apr 20, 2021
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: pumps
She has no contact with the baby and she pumps in her room.

The sentence is taken from "previously… in this series", so I don't have much context. Could it mean "Breastfeeding"?

Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 16:00
expresses breast milk
Explanation:
pumps = uses a breast pump to express breast milk, to feed the baby which which she has no contact.

Expressing milk means squeezing milk out of your breast so you can store it and feed it to your baby later. You might want to express milk if: you have to be away from your baby, for example, because your baby is in special care or because you're going back to work. your breasts feel uncomfortably full (engorged).

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-...
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Mark Robertson
Local time: 21:00
Grading comment
Thank you.
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expresses breast milk


Explanation:
pumps = uses a breast pump to express breast milk, to feed the baby which which she has no contact.

Expressing milk means squeezing milk out of your breast so you can store it and feed it to your baby later. You might want to express milk if: you have to be away from your baby, for example, because your baby is in special care or because you're going back to work. your breasts feel uncomfortably full (engorged).

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-...

Mark Robertson
Local time: 21:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you.

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