Imagine you are watching the 1991 American film City Slickers. It tells the story of an unhappy man and two of his friends. The men agree they need a short break from their day-to-day problems. So they decide to go on a trip to the southwestern United States.
In the movie, you hear the following lines:
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Words in This Story
blur – n. something that is difficult to remember
irregular – adj. not following the normal patterns by which word forms (such as the past tenses of verbs) are usually created
literal – adj. involving the ordinary or usual meaning of a word
idiomatic – adj. an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own
noun phrase – n. a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence
polite – adj. having or showing good manners or respect for other people
tense – n. a form of a verb suggesting time or length of action
grammar – n. the study of words and their uses in a sentence
dozen – n. a group of 12