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Canadian wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Vocabulary

potential

possible or likely

laureate

a person who has been given a high-level award for their ability or achievements (such as a Nobel Prize)

finely-tuned

having made many small changes to make something as good as possible

characterised by

usually including

entirely

completely

Canadian-born

born in Canada; usually the suffix '...-born' is used to show that someone was born in a place but no longer lives there

dazed

unable to think clearly

came to my senses

started thinking clearly (and understood what was happening)