Paraphrase

"Dropout rates" means.....

• a person who leaves school or course

• the percentage of students failing to complete a course or school

• the number of students failing to complete a school or course

• the number of students attending school

"Arts-based subjects" means...

• music, drama, craft and art

• a discipline to develop artistic skills in students

• people, arrangement of objects, the natural world and abstractions

• a systematic process that involves artistic or creative representation of data

"Non-exam subjects" means....

• Subjects' comprehension won't be judged

• Subjects' performance won't be tested

• Subjects are not in curriculum

• Subjects' performance won't be credited in official academic performance

"Low socioeconomic status" means...

• low educational achievement and/or low household income

• living in poverty

• disabled

• low social status of individuals

"Coastal erosion" means...

• the process of eroding a cliff over time

• the process of eroding land due to wind and wave actions

• the process of removing sediments or bedrock due to wind

• the process of wearing away land due to action of waves

"Cliff retreating" means...

• the process of cliff erosion

• the process of cliff accumulation

• the natural process

• the process of eroding sand dunes

"Cows grazing" means....

• the process that cows feed on food

• the process that cows feed on grass

• the process that cows feed on meal

• the process that cows feed on vegetation

"moulding" or "molding" means

• the formation of materials

• to form an object out of malleable materials

• to make a soft substance melt

• to put a material into plates

"mobility" means...

• the ability to move freely or easily

• the ability to move or be moved freely or easily

• the ability to change

• the ability to transport to different places

"dominate" means...

• be very powerful and strong

• be very aggressive

• to have control of or power over

• to have a monopoly over