When you tell a story, do you often exaggerate-ate or embellish it? If so, why?

讲故事的时候，你会夸大其词、添油加醋吗？如果是，为什么？

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Mr. Johnson warned her not to embellish the script, that superimposing a new story on top of an existing one could confuse the performance.

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In order to hit the expected amount of gameplay, you need to embellish, add additional characters, story, subplots and objectives to make a more robust and satisfying experience.

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