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Idiom

good girl

Meaning

Well done, to a female.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Good girl, you finished your homework on time.”

“She patted the dog and said, good girl, after it sat down quietly.”

“The teacher offered a warm smile and a soft good girl to the student who finally mastered the difficult equation.”

Examples

simple

“Good girl, you finished your homework on time.”

contextual

“She patted the dog and said, good girl, after it sat down quietly.”

complex

“The teacher offered a warm smile and a soft good girl to the student who finally mastered the difficult equation.”

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