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be impressive

verb as in go over

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Sure, the core planning of the convention has been several years in the making, but what the Democrats did in such short notice should not only be impressive but serve as a warning to the GOP: The Democratic Party means business.

From Salon

“Most of the garden railroads I had seen people had bought pre-made kits of little plastic buildings that are all about 12 inches by 8 inches. They look like premade little buildings, like a barber shop. No. I wanted to build this from scratch, and wanted them to be impressive, like 5 feet across and 4 feet tall. Or in the case of one our castles, 7 feet tall. I had to plan these out as to where the major buildings would be.”

It’s a to-do list that would be impressive for anybody.

From Salon

“Most of the garden railroads I had seen people had bought pre-made kits of little plastic buildings that are all about 12 inches by 8 inches. They look like premade little buildings, like a barber shop. No. I wanted to build this from scratch, and wanted them to be impressive, like 5 feet across and 4 feet tall. Or in the case of one our castles, 7 feet tall. I had to plan these out as to where the major buildings would be.”

“Coach Carroll is a stud,” McVay said, “and if I’m sitting up here being able to do that as long as he did, holy s—, will that be impressive.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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