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draft	A draft is a piece of writing. It is what you might produce on your first try or second try before you feel it is good enough to be finished. When someone writes a very important thing, they often make many drafts before they feel that what they've written is all correct and ready to go. [1/5 definitions]
steady	If someone is steady, they don't change their minds about what they've decided to do. [1/8 definitions]
they've	"They've" is a short way to say or write "they have."
whoops	"Whoops!" is something people sometimes say when they realize they have made a mistake or done something a little bit bad. People usually say "Whoops!" immediately after they've done this thing they didn't want to do.

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