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too much of a particular thing often we use it to talk about things related to numbers so using it in an example um there was an excess of 500 students waiting outside the schoo...
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too much of a particular thing often we use it to talk about things related to numbers so using it in an example um there was an excess of 500 students waiting outside the schoo...
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Express that there is
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too much of a particular thing often we
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use it to talk about things related to
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numbers so using it in an example
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um there was an excess of 500 students
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waiting outside the school to come in
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there was an excess of 500 students
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waiting outside the school to come in
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meaning that there were more than 500
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okay so we use in excess of when we we
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have an idea of the number but then
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we're predicting that actually there are
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or there were more than that actual
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number that we have uh predicted so um
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politicians earn in excess of £50,000
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per year in the United Kingdom okay
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£50,000 is a prediction which I have
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that they make but they're making more
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than too much money basically uh so in
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excess of more than what we think
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bombard with I love this one bombard
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with if you
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bombard somebody with something you are
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well bombard if you
too much of a particular thing often we use it to talk about things related to numbers so using it in an example um there was an excess of 500 students waiting outside the schoo...
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