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homework
[ hohm-wurk ]
noun
- schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom ( distinguished from classwork ).
- a single assignment of such schoolwork: Homeworks are due at the beginning of class.
- thorough preparatory study of a subject:
to do one's homework for the next committee meeting.
homework
/ ˈ³óəʊ³¾ËŒ·Éɜ˰ì /
noun
- school work done out of lessons, esp at home
- any preparatory study
- work done at home for pay
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Idioms and Phrases
see do one's homework .Example Sentences
Even though he was being paid overtime by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Najera spent some of his shifts doing homework and other activities not related to his job, she said.
Ramona is emotionally distant and prone to fearsome outbursts, notably berating Annie for repeatedly miswriting her “râ€s on her homework.
If there was one lesson I took away from it, it was this: if you are thinking of investing in cask whisky, do your homework – because not everybody is who they say they are.
Stella pointed out that his improvement from last year in China - where he was off Norris' pace and finished more than 40 seconds adrift - pointed to the success of that homework.
Most mornings he’d take the girls to school — Ava invariably leaving the house in a panic, eating the bowl of oatmeal her dad had made her for breakfast on the road while finishing her homework.
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