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Sally has written some sentences but she has made a mistake. She thought she was writing these sentences for university students. Please help her change the complicated word to a similar, simpler word. You might need a dictionary!
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The word wealthy means rich, they both mean he has lots of money.
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Commence and begin mean the same thing as the word start. The world's largest arena is called the Philippine Arena.
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Another ship or liner that was in great peril was the Titanic, which sank in 1912.
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Newborn babies sleep for around sixteen hours a day, as they get older they sleep less and less.
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The fleece from sheep is shaved and used to make wool; we have been using their wool since the Stone Age.
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The Bugatti Veyron is the fastest car in the world but it's also one of the most expensive cars around.
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We could say he is brave, courageous, fearless, gallant, heroic and valiant. All these words mean the same thing.
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We say someone has gone crazy if we mean they are doing something unusual. When we say this, we don't actually think they are crazy or insane - this is called a manner of speech, we are saying it to make a point but we don't mean it literally.
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The word 'circular' comes from the word 'circle'.
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If we were replacing 'manufactures' then it would be 'makes', however, we are using the past tense and so it's 'made'.
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