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Meaning of essay in English
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- I want to finish off this essay before I go to bed .
- His essay was full of spelling errors .
- Have you given that essay in yet ?
- Have you handed in your history essay yet ?
- I'd like to discuss the first point in your essay.
- boilerplate
- composition
- dissertation
- essay question
- peer review
- go after someone
- go all out idiom
- go down swinging/fighting idiom
- go for it idiom
- go for someone
- shoot the works idiom
- smarten (someone/something) up
- smarten up your act idiom
- square the circle idiom
- step on the gas idiom
essay | Intermediate English
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the nuts and bolts
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