🇬🇧 Repercussion meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A repercussion is what happens after you do something, especially when it causes trouble or problems. It’s like the “after-effect” of your actions. If you throw a rock in a pond, the ripples are the result. In life, if you make a choice—like lying, yelling, or not doing homework—the repercussion might be that someone gets upset, you lose trust, or you get in trouble. Repercussions can be small (having to clean a mess you made) or big (hurting a friendship), but they always come after something you did first.

The repercussion of using Dad’s aftershave was that I smelled like a very tiny businessman all day.

The repercussion of teaching Grandma the chicken dance was that she did it at every family dinner.

The repercussion of drawing a mustache on my face with permanent marker was having a very serious cartoon villain look at school pictures.

I ignored my alarm clock, and the repercussion was me sprinting to school with my hair looking like an angry squirrel.

The repercussion of telling my little sister that the floor is lava was that she refused to walk anywhere for an hour.

Tom kicked the ball into the glass jar. The first repercussion was a crash; the second repercussion was his sister’s tears. Repercussion three was the spilled seeds on the floor. Repercussion four was Tom on his knees cleaning. Finally, the last repercussion was his sister smiling softly and forgiving him.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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