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LESSON 4 · A Literary World Tour

PAUSE TO THINK

What English phrase comes from Don Quixote?

"Tilting at windmills"

From the scene where Quixote charges windmills he mistakes for giants, **"tilting at windmills"** now means attacking imaginary enemies. It is one of the most-translated novels ever written.

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