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marathon

Date: Feb 02 2005

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“We’ve had marathon rehearsal sessions…he’s so persistent on making everything he does as authentic as possible.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, talking about working with Martin Scorsese on the film The Aviator.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

when something lasts a really long time, you can use the word marathon as an adjective to describe it

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Once, in college, I went to a marathon movie fest. The people who planned it wanted to show movies for three days straight.
It was pretty fun because during those three days, you always knew that one movie or another would be playing.
You should try this, have a marathon party, music or movie fest and see how long you can last!

Examples

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””Wow! That was a marathon party! I felt like we were there for hours.”“

””Wow! That was a marathon party! I felt like we were there for hours.”
“We had a marathon day at work today. We got so much done. It was great.”
“I am planning a marathon road trip next summer. I am going to drive for 17 days straight. I am going all the way to Boston and back.”
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””We had a marathon day at work today. We got so much done. It was great.”“

””I am planning a marathon road trip next summer. I am going to drive for 17 days straight. I am going all the way to Boston and back.”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

Marathon originally means the sports in which the sportsman have to run as long as more than 42km. Here it should mean “long time”.
by Lan (beijing, China)
Marathon is used to refer a long lasting and tiring event
by Alejandro (Mexico, Mexico)
The word “marathon” usually stands for what could be a time challenging experience..
by Mohamed (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
process lasting for a very long period of lime
by frank (hangzhou, china)
Marathon rehearsal = Considerably Long Rehearsal
by iqbal (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Marathon means when any people do many things in a space of time.
by Gianni (B/manga, Colombia)
long time
by cynthia (beijing, china)
Marathon means something that is done with a great effort and persistence until is thoroughtly completed in a short period of time.
by ADIEL (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA)
I gather it means a long, exhaustive course of any action.
by Akbar (Kashan, Iran)
I think it’s a word referring to something long and persistence-needed work.
by æ° (è¥¿å®‰, ä¸å›½)
Marathon in this context means long and demanding rehearsal sessions which come one after another.
by lucia (hong kong, )
It’s a long-run competition holds by authority.
by Cynthia (Beijing, China)
time-consuming, exhausted, labor
by Ya-Yu (Taipei, Taiwan)
excruciatingly and torturously long/prolonged(particularly in thre instance at hand)
by urvi (GURGAON, INDIA)
For very long period of time
by Ana (Monterrey, Mexico)
When it’s so hard about making something or other people things perfect.
Or
Having a long time in rehearsing, making it perfect or good
by Abi (Ogab, Nigeria)