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An example use of shoulder in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… around my shoulder and she goes Jim we …”
Shoulder is a part of the body that is located on the side of the body.
the word shoulder occurs in english on average 34.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that shoulder can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) life, nature, and living environment;