I'm taking French next semester.

Fifty years ago the linguist and semanticist Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy, the fact that some words have a network of multiple but related meanings, is the pivot of semantic analysis (Ullmann 1957 [1951]: 117).

Pelvic pain during pregnancy is called lightning crotch because it feels like your pelvis has been struck by lightning. As much as I love heeled shoes, I hate lightning crotch more, and it was worth taking a break from my favorite [heels].

For the repetitor, its self-similarity ratio r is 1/3, identifying the subdivision of the original line into three pieces.