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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
  • corresponding author
  • dissertation
  • essay question
  • peer review
  • go after someone phrasal verb
  • go all out idiom
  • go down swinging/fighting idiom
  • go for it idiom
  • go for someone phrasal verb
  • shoot for the moon idiom
  • shoot the works idiom
  • smarten (someone/something) up phrasal verb
  • smarten up your act idiom
  • square the circle idiom

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