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Something the dog ate, in a noted excuse
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homework
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.
Wikipedia
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Homework is an album of previously unreleased demos by John Du Cann , with drum programming by Paul Hammond . In 1981, the recently reformed Atomic Rooster signed to Polydor Records to release two singles, with the option of an album to follow, should the ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES do your homework ▪ My parents don’t let me go out unless I’ve done my homework. give sb work/homework etc ▪ How much homework are you given in a week? ▪ He’s always giving us chores to do around the house. COLLOCATIONS ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
homework \homework\ n. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home). Syn: prep, preparation. Hence: [fig.] Studies or other preparatory work done prior to some activity; -- usually used of preparations for activities of significance ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) [syn: prep , preparation ]
Usage examples of homework.
Imagine my teenage wrath when, time after time, my homework was returned with this well-meant floating apostrophe struck out.
I noted too that Bret had done his homework since last night, when Dicky had had to clarify the misnomer to him.
The big moosie was on a regulation chill-and-drill homework assignment.
Eberhardts owned a home computer, which Roy was allowed to use for homework assignments and for playing video snowboard games.
Steve had stayed at home to look after Tannie, and when Jake and Mary Hairl left house, both the kids were doing their homework.
Commander Blenheim had often thought while doing her homework on it as part of her preparation for her new job.
Someone behind the Cajun knew enough to seek a loup-garou, which meant he not only believed, but he had also done his homework and would have a few tricks up his sleeve.
You got the comps so you can do homework, break, take a spin on the dance floor, talk about classes, flirt.
What if this was it, a life revolving around dog accessories instead of making play dates and helping with homework?
I have to take Dexies to stay high at school and at work and on dates and to do my homework, then I have to take tranquilizers to bear up at home.
Ideas began to float around the crowd amid cheers, and Brett took notes: more fun time, more access to the food, less homework, no homework, volleyball games that could actually be won, no restrictions on which dorms to sleep in.
He had the children give me hugs and sent them upstairs to do their homework before asking why I had come.
He would willingly have given ten years of his life to be back at home, worrying about nothing more than a scolding from old Labbers for not doing his homework.
He had done his homework well, knew the proper jargon and buzzwords and would probably be able to fool most people--but not her.
There, unbothered by the clamour and distraction of the restaurant, every night she had completed her homework and read her books and daydreamed about a future that had fluctuated between becoming a model or a writer or even, several times during her classical romantic phase, courtesan to a rich and famous man: an exiled king, maybe.