🇬🇧🇪🇸 dungeon - calabozo : English Lesson
noun
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Meaning of "dungeon" ("calabozo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
A dungeon is a dark, underground room, usually in an old castle, where people were locked up long ago, often cold, creepy, and lit by torches or candles instead of lights.
The king threatened to throw the chef in the dungeon for burning dinner, but then still ate all the fries.
The dungeon was so dark that even the spiders asked for a flashlight.
The castle dungeon echoed with eerie sounds—until we realized it was just my stomach growling.
Our basement is messy, but Mom says it’s not a dungeon—it just looks like one.
Many real castles had dungeons underground, but they were often just plain stone rooms, not the trap-filled, lava-covered places we see in movies and video games.
A girl slipped down cold steps into a dungeon and heard a drip. The dungeon smelled of wet stone; the dungeon gate shook as a guard left. In the dungeon a small window showed a sliver of sky. She climbed, pushed the heavy door, breathed, and in sunlight she laughed, freeing herself from the dungeon.
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