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Part of showing your personality in English is learning to discuss figurative and

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Hello, Michelle. How's it going?

Hey, Lindsay, I'm good. Lindsay, have you ever visited a waterfall?

I actually have been to Niagara Falls.

I went to Niagara Falls years ago on my cross-country road trip, and it was incredible.

It's just like so majestic, the cascading water.

I mean, it's incredible, Michelle.

What about you?

Yeah, yeah, it definitely, waterfalls are amazing.

I went to Niagara Falls, but when I was like a little, little kid.

And then I've seen other, you know, smaller, I wouldn't call them waterfalls, but maybe baby

waterfalls.

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