sneakylittleangel5
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Longueur
longueur • \lawn-GUR (approximation -- this word comes from French and has sounds with no English equivalents)\ • noun
: a dull and tedious passage or section (as of a book, play, or musical composition) -- usually used in plural
Example Sentence:
"This production has its occasional longueurs, but glorious singing and energetic choreography quickly rope us back in." (Rick Rogers, The Oklahoman, June 28, 2007)
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The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
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Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you!
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Sounds good enough to me!
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