Today's English word is... 'tortuous' - What does it mean?
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They say that life
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is a little bit like a journey,
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with lots of twists
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and turns
and things
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we have to overcome,
especially
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when we are going forwards.
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A little bit like driving a car.
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As you go along the road,
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you might find
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that there are
some twists
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and turns
that you have to
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negotiate
or navigate through.
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Here is an interesting word
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that we use quite often in English
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to describe that thing.
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We can say that it is
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tortuous,
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tortuous.
It is an adjective
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that describes
the twisting
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and turning
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that you have to do
whilst
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driving along the road,
or
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going through life.
Every day
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there might be
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something you have
to overcome.
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It can be quite tortuous.
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