A covert tactic is, obviously, a secret one. Also please note that a covert tactic can have good or bad intentions.
One might do something covertly tactical in an effort to do someone a favor, like sneakily prepare gourmet low-cal meals for a person who needs to lose weight, while making sure that they don’t SEEM low-cal. Or one may intend harm and lead someone into a trap with BAAAAD advice disguised as
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This performance is perfect. Jenny applies every trick in the book to improvise a funny song, and takes complete possession of the audience. She begins with “Won’t you be my koala ?” and here comes the romantic power ballad.
The song structure is solid as can be: verse/verse/bridge/verse. No meandering whatsoever.
“Won’t You Be My Koala?” (the thematic line) is placed at the top of each verse and left out of the bridge. This procedure is present in one of the games I teach students to play as they learn song structures.
This thematic line is explored and heightened throughout the song, never veered away from
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