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# Dishes

## Common expressions

do the dishes

wash the dishes

clear the dishes from the table

dirty dishes

unwashed dishes

a pile of dishes

dry the dishes

stack the dishes

pile the dishes

clean dishes

## Exercises

### Common expressions

1. If you clear the dishes from the table, I’ll start the *washing up*. (d)
2. I always wear rubber gloves when I’m washing the dishes. (a)
3. There was a huge pile of unwashed dishes in the sink. (e)
4. I grabbed a dish towel and helped to dry the dishes. (b)
5. We stacked the clean dishes on the *draining board* by the sink. (c)


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