Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger noun - An episode that ends in suspense.
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Secret and cliffhanger are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Secret" instead a noun "Cliffhanger".
Secret
Secret noun - Information shared only with another or with a select few.
Cliffhanger and secret are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cliffhanger" instead a noun "Secret".
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Trailers Always Spoil: The trailers make no secret of the Cybermen's presence, and in fact most of the cliffhanger was actually released by the BBC several days before broadcast.
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Cliffhanger: Episode 2 ends with Honoka telling the group her Wham Line secret.
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While this has never been explicitly Jossed, Gilbert has claimed that "it was all just a dream" is NOT the elusive Secret, and that the ending of the second game was always meant as a joke and a cliffhanger.
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