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Meaning of галяк | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ɣaˈlʲak]

Definitions

  1. razor (a keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body)
    archaic
  2. pauper (one who is extremely poor)
    colloquial, figuratively

Equivalents

English Pauper

Examples

“Аднойчы адна малпа ўгледзіла, як галіўся чалавек. Тады малпа вышла ў другі пакой, намылілася мылам, узяла галяк і перарэзала сабе горла.”

Once upon a time, a monkey happened to see how a man was shaving. Then the monkey went into another room, soaped itself up, took a razor, and slit its own throat.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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