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Topic: SCHOOL

homework

 noun
     
home‧work S2 [uncountable]
1SES work that a student at school is asked to do at home [↪ classwork]
do/start/finish your homework
Fiona was lying on the floor doing her homework.
biology/history/German etc homework
I need to help Sam with his music homework.
! Do not say 'write your homework' or 'make your homework'. Say do your homework.
2 if you do your homework, you prepare for an important activity by finding out information you need [↪ research]:
It's worth doing a bit of homework before buying a computer.
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