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politician, his horizons extend no further than the next election.’
hospital
1
I’ve been in the hospital for the last five weeks.
I’ve been in hospital for the last five weeks.
See
Note at SCHOOL 1
2
I want to go and see my grandmother who is ill at hospital.
I want to go and see my grandmother who is ill in hospital.
It gave me the opportunity to work at a hospital.
It gave me the opportunity to work in a hospital.
in (a) hospital
(NOT
at
): ‘I didn’t like being in hospital.’
hour
It was a twelve hours trip.
It was a twelve-hour trip.
See
Language Note at HUNDRED
household
At the weekend they have to do all the household.
At the weekend they have to do all the housework.
Some women get no help with the household work.
Some women get no help with the housework.
household
= all the people living together in a house or flat: ‘Be quiet or you’ll wake the whole
household.’
housework
= all the jobs that have to be done regularly to keep a house or flat clean and tidy: ‘My
husband and I share all the housework between us.’
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