We had endless discussions about characters and plots.

Meaning: This means that we spent a lot of time talking about the books we were reading and the characters and events in those books.

Choice of Words: Endless means without end or limit. Discussions are talks or conversations about a particular subject. Characters are the people or animals in a story. Plots are the main stories or events in a book. When you put them together, "We had endless discussions about characters and plots" means that we talked a lot about the people and events in the books we were reading.

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We talked and talked about the people and what happened in the story.

Meaning: This means that we had a conversation about the people and events in a story for a very long time.

Choice of Words: Talked is a simple verb that means to have a conversation with someone, sharing your thoughts and ideas. People are the characters in the story, and what happened are the events that happen in the story. So, "We talked and talked about the people and what happened in the story" means that we had a conversation about the people and events in a story for a very long time.

Our conversations about the story went on and on, with no end in sight.

Meaning: This means that we talked about the story for a very long time, with no sign of stopping.

Choice of Words: Conversations are when two or more people talk about something, sharing their thoughts and ideas. Story is the topic of our conversations. Went on and on means that something continues for a very long time. No end in sight means that there is no sign of something ending. So, "Our conversations about the story went on and on, with no end in sight" means that we talked about the story for a very long time, with no sign of stopping.

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