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1. The AWL is a small, hand-held tool. How is it meant to be used?
2. Various sizes of AUTOCLAVE exist from large, factory types down to the ones which hold just a few litres. I have one of the latter type in my kitchen. How do I use it?
3. The DIBBER (or DIBBLE) is a gardening tool. I'm no gardener but I've seen my father using one many times. What was he doing with it?
4. A COLANDER (or CULLENDER) is usually found in the kitchen. How is it used?
5. My friend was using a MATTOCK in his garden last week. What was he doing with it?
6. The MORTAR AND PESTLE is made up of two separate items but they must be used together to do the job they're designed for. If you could have watched a medieval apothecary at work, you would, doubtless, have seen him using these two items now and again. They're still popular, nowadays, in the 21st. century. Many of us have them in our kitchens. How do we use them?
7. The PLANE is a somewhat specialized tool. You wouldn't find one in every household or garden but certainly in some. What is it used for?
8. The SCYTHE is rarely used nowadays but this old tool has been in regular use up to the early 20th. century in fields and gardens. What is it used for?
9. SECATEURS (a word which is rarely seen in the singular - although it is ONE tool) are very useful in the garden. How do you use them?
10. Most people have a WRENCH - if not, more than one, - in their tool box. How should we use this tool?
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