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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
drama
/ˈdɹæmə/
noun
a piece of writing that tells a story about a serious subject or an exciting event
- “I am not someone who can start out drama.”Tatoeba
- “Man seems to need drama as much as he needs religion.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)