думаю, "requires" лучше

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22a+dream+takes+work%22&oq=%22a+dream+takes+work%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i8i10i30k1.9020423.9022583.0.9022851.18.14.0.0.0.0.230.1702.1j5j4.10.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..15.3.426...0j0i67k1j0i131k1j0i30k1.0.b7TaA11-ALA

Uly, do my versions work or it's better to delete them?

Elena, I can only go by what I’ve seen and heard, and what I would say myself, and I would never order any of those options. Labor reminds me of having a baby.

Ok, clear!

Also, a countable noun with no article sounds extremely weird.

I thought "dream" is uncountable in the sense that we're talking not about one dream but in general

That would be DREAMING perhaps. The test of an uncountable noun is that you can put SO MUCH in front of it and it makes sense.

Clear, thank you!

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