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English 28 Public

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The story grabbed me from / the first page / the get-go.

The story hooked me from the beginning.

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The story has characters that ......

... have magical powers / remind me ofmy family ... / fall in love ..

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The story is based on .....

a real story / real life events

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It's set in ....

.... ancient Rome / in New York / 1950s/ the future / the past

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To cut a long story short ....

to sum it up, to skip all the unnecessary details

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I couldn't put it down.

I couldn't stop reading.

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genre

type of / kind

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The book was a great read.

It was very good.

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to skim through / flip throught a book

go throught the book quickly

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to curl up with a book

to sit or lie in a position with your arms and legs close to your body

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implausible

hadr to believe

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haunting

beautiful, but in a sad way and often in a way that cannot be forgotten

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