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  • Welcome to the voice of America's news words.

  • This'll Weeks news.

  • Word is linked to computer technology.

  • Avatar.

  • This is a V one and evitar that represents a child who is recovering from a long term illness and cannot go to school.

  • The robot is carried between classes by the child's friends and is placed on the desk where the child usually sits from home or a hospital bed.

  • The recovering child can also participate in class on the Internet or in computer games, and Avatar represents the computer user.

  • In Hinduism, an avatar is a human or animal form of a Hindu god on earth.

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