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area
Noun
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An area is a piece of land or space.
This is the business area of town.
We have chosen a large forest area for the new park.
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An area of study is a special subject, such as mathematics, grammar, music, or biology.
Economics is quite interesting, but my area is more related to politics.
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The area of a surface, is the size of the surface.
The length is 10 cm and the width is 5 cm, so the area is 50 mathcm^2/math.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
labour
Noun
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Labour is the work that people do, usually lifting, moving, building, etc. rather than desk work.
The cost of labour is higher than the cost of building materials.
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Labour is the people who do this kind of work.
There's a big labour shortage in the construction industry.
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Labour is the name of a big political party in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Labour won the election.
labour
Verb
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If you labour, you work hard.
He laboured over the food all afternoon to get ready for dinner.
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If you labour the point, you keep talking about it after people understand it well.
surplus
Noun
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A surplus is when there is more of a good than is striclty needed.