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I want an official Red Rider carbine action 200 shot range model air rifle.
— A Christmas Story · 1983
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker knows exactly what they want, down to the rifle's model and capacity. Those details make the wish sound carefully rehearsed. The long, precise name gives an ordinary request the force of something the speaker has thought about a great deal.
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