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Today's word, ooh, it's a good one. Grueling. Grueling. Grueling. G-R-U-E-L-I-N-G. And we use this word as an adjective. Something is grueling. It was grueling.

Talking to my brother is grueling.

What does that mean?

That means talking to my brother is exhausting.

It's so stressful.

It's horrible.

Well, I don't have a brother. Is anybody, what's grueling for me? Actually, you know, the other day I went on a hike. I was hiking and usually I just go on nice trails. But the other day, I was kind of in the mountains and up and down these big rocks.

And it was a little bit dangerous.

And oh my God, it was really grueling.

You know, going out on the hike was okay.

I was feeling okay. But coming okay. I was feeling okay.

But coming back, I was so tired.

I was really exhausted. It was a grueling hike.

Another example, as many of you know, I live right now in the desert.

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