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Homophones 4

steal or steel [sti:l]. Steal – to take something that isn’t yours. Steel – an alloy of iron and up to 2% carbon; the world’s most important construction material. At the start of one of my favourite films, “The Full Monty”, the main characters are attempting to steal some steel.

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