Meaning of i mangel af bedre | Babel Free
Definitions
faute de mieux, for lack of a better alternative
Equivalents
Examples
“... hendes far, som jeg i mangel af bedre kaldte bedstefar, ...”
... her father, whom I, lacking a better alternative, called grandfather, ...
“... det var hendes hemmeligheder, jeg i mangel af bedre fantaserede om, og som jeg forgæves forsøgte at vriste ud af far.”
... it was her secrets that I, faute de mieux, phantasized about, and which I vainly tried to wrest from father.
“Hvad skal pigen hedde? spurgte jeg i mangel af bedre.”
What shall the girl be named? I asked faute de mieux.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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