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finish
Verb
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If something finishes, it stops and doesn't start again; it comes to the end.
I finish work at 4:30 and I get home at 5:00.
In June of 1992 I had just finished university and I was looking for a job.
She finished off her homework and put it away.
Finish up your lunch quickly, please.
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If something finishes somebody off, it uses all their energy or it kills them.
That last run around the track completely finished me off.
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If you finish something up, you use the last of it.
I finished up the milk this morning. There's none left.
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If you are finished with something, you don't need it anymore.
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If you finish the surface of something, especially wood, you make it smooth and ready to use.
finish
Noun
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The finish is the last part or end of something.
As the runners come to the finish, they are side by side.
It was a good day from start to finish.
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The finish is the way a surface looks after it has been made smooth and ready to use.
The oil gives the wood a smooth, deep finish.
part
Noun
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A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it.
As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly.
Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it.
I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.
part
Verb
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If A and B part, they were together and now they are not.
My wife and I parted after our son died.
We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it.
He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.
surface
Noun
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The surface of an object is the outside of the thing.
The surface of the earth is very large.
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The surface of a liquid is the top of it.
The surface of the lake was smooth.
surface
Verb
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When a thing surfaces, it comes to the top of liquid.
The fish surfaced to get food.
The swimmer surfaced for air.
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If information or facts surface, they are revealed or become known.
s surfaced that claimed the company was under investigation.