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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of 'exotic' and 'locale'

What do 'exotic' and 'locale' mean, please?

I didn't quite get the meaning offered by online Oxford and Cambridge Dictionaries.

Thanks.

  

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exotic: strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual. ) Exotic ideas (strange and wonderful ideas that only wildly creative people have) Exotic fruit Exotic dishes etc. Examples: Exotic recipes for Thai soup, South American soup and soups from other cultures.

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  • exotic: strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual.
  • ) Exotic ideas (strange and wonderful ideas that only wildly creative people have) Exotic fruit Exotic dishes etc.
  • Examples: Exotic recipes for Thai soup, South American soup and soups from other cultures.
  • Investment banks were making billions turning home loans into exotic securities.
  • Flashy SUVs and exotic muscle cars still take up good portion of floor space at the dealerships' showrooms.
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exotic:

strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual.

Collocations

Exotic spices (delicious, interesting, expensive and rare flavorings for food)
Exotic animals (very rare animals that are limited to very small areas of the world)
Exotic adventures (an adventure that few people would be able to afford because it is in a very remote place)
Exotic

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A locale is a special place that a movie director chooses for filming. It can also be a setting for a photo-shoot for advertising.

For example Peter Jackson picked remote places in New Zealand as locales for the blockbuster movie series based on Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings."

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