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To do housework

clean

verb

to clean houses or buildings as a job

do for

to regularly clean someone else’s house and cook for them

char

verb

to clean a building, especially someone’s house, as your job

keep house (for someone)

to be responsible for cooking meals and cleaning a house for someone

spring-clean

verb

to clean a house completely, especially at the end of winter

skivvy

verb

to do all the unpleasant jobs around the house

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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a part of an atom that moves around the nucleus (=centre) and has a negative electrical charge

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