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What is "wonder by wonder"?

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Rebecca

In this video, Aladdin says "take you wonder by wonder" to mean that he will take Jasmine to see many wonders (wonderful things). We can understand this to mean he will take her to see many amazing and beautiful things. This is not a common expression, and but does utilize a grammar pattern [x by x] which emphasizes a succession of things to come. Ex: Read each book one by one. Ex: Day by day, my health condition improved.

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