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Chocolate - A confectionary food made from the cacao bean

Chocolate - A brown colour

team - A group of people or animals linked by a common purpose.

Friends - A close associate or a popular US based sitcom about a group of friends

Parties - A gathering of people to celebrate and event or occasion

Sugar - A sweet substance, white in colour.

Large - something that takes up more space than normal.

Equipment - A product or good that is tactile.

Extension - Something that is made bigger through adding to it, for example a conservatory extension on a house.

Simple - Basic, easy no difficulty in understanding.

Home - A place of permanent residence for families.

Instructions - An informative direction to take.

Children - A young life form within the early stages of physical development,

Model - A representation of a person or thing, usually smaller scale. It can also be a person that wears clothing.

Occasion - A particular time which an event occurs e.g. a birthday

Family - A group of people that live together made up from parents and children.

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