Characters face challenges.

Meaning: The people or animals in the story have to deal with difficult problems.

Choice of Words: Characters are the people or animals in a story. Face means to meet or deal with something difficult. Challenges are difficult tasks or problems.

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People in stories meet problems.

Meaning: This means that the characters in the story have to overcome difficult things. It's like saying, The characters have to find a way to solve the problem.

Choice of Words: People are human beings. In stories means in books, movies, or other forms of entertainment. Meet means to encounter or come face to face with something. Problems are things that are difficult to deal with or solve. When you put them together, "People in stories meet problems" means that the characters in the story have to deal with difficult things.

Story people have tough stuff to do.

Meaning: This means that the characters in the story have to overcome difficult things. It's like saying, The characters have to find a way to solve the problem.

Choice of Words: Story people are characters in a story. Have means to possess or own something. Tough stuff is something that is difficult to do or deal with. To do means to perform an action. When you put them together, "Story people have tough stuff to do" means that the characters in the story have to overcome difficult things.

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