Long and little - known words

[Guest]

Dear teacher,
Please help me to understand these words.
Thanks a lot.
"Some people think it is clever to use long and little - known words."

[Alan]

Hi,

The sentence means that there are people who want to make you think they are very clever and have read a lot because they use long (with many letters) words and words that are little known - words that not many people know - unusual words.

Alan
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English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story Too Many Words

[Guest]

Thank you, teacher a lot for your kind help.
Thanks.