Essay and Shot

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Essay

Essay noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

Usage example: my first essay at baking a cake did not go well

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Shot is a synonym for essay in try topic. In some cases you can use "Shot" instead a noun "Essay", when it comes to topics like attempt, crack. informal substitute

Nearby Words: essayed, essayist, essaying

Shot

Shot noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

Usage example: let's take another shot at the puzzle

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Essay is a synonym for shot in attempt topic. You can use "Essay" instead a noun "Shot", if it concerns topics such as try. formal substitute

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good	good essay	good shot
full	full essay	full shot
best	best essay	best shot
long	long essay	long shot
Other adjectives: particular, brief, accurate, actual, great, famous, final, impossible, last.

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This is a shot normally used to indicate that the character in question is a love interest (in his essay on the film Martin Scorsese pointed out that in Film Noir the Femme Fatale is often introduced like this).

Source: Film / Lawrence of Arabia
This is roughly half the plot of High School Big Shot; the popular Betty seduces bookish anti-hero Marv to get him to write an essay for her; the plan backfires and costs Marv his chance at a scholarship.

Source: The Schlub Pub Seduction Deduction

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