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EXAMPLES

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word order
Subject:
English First Additional Language , English Home Language

See syntax.

word scale
Subject:
Geography

scale on map that appears as a statement

word-attack skills
Subject:
English First Additional Language , English Home Language

skills used to work out what a word means, e.g. by guessing what a word means based on the rest...

work-in-progress cost
Subject:
Accounting

cost relating to work that has been started but not completed

workforce
Subject:
Business Studies

the people of working age (15 - 60).

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