The student lost a quarter in the cafeteria.

Meaning: This sentence describes a student accidentally losing a twenty-five-cent coin in the school cafeteria.

Choice of Words: Quarter is a coin worth twenty-five cents. Cafeteria is a large room where people eat meals, especially at a school or college. When you put them together, "lost a quarter in the cafeteria" means he accidentally dropped a twenty-five-cent coin in the school dining room and now he can't find it.

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