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Meaning of quarterback | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

A quarterback.

common-gender

Examples

“et beløb kun de allerbedste quarterbacker kan hamle op med”

a sum with which only the very best quarterbacks can compete

“Seks andre quarterbacker blev valgt før ham. Seks andre spillere blev valgt af Patriots inden ham.”

Six other quarterbacks were chosen before him. Six other players were chosen by Patriots before him.

“Cheney var quarterbacken på det lokale amerikanske fodboldhold, som endte med at gifte sig med den populære pige fra skolen, Lynne Vincent. En pige, der var statsmester i 'baton-twirling'.”

Cheney was the quarterback on the local American football team, who ended up marrying the popular girl on the school, Lynne Vincent. A girl, who was a state champion in 'baton-twirling'.

“Se, det er hvad man får ud af næsten at være en slags kærester med quarterbacken. På vej gennem æblehaven reciterede Harry et digt dedikeret til Natalies røv. Helt seriøst. Det var i terza rima, fortalte han os, med parrim.”

See, that's what you get from almost sort of dating the quarterback. Walking through the apple garden, Harry recited a poem dedicated to Natalie's arse. Seriously. It was in terza rima, he told us, with couplets.

“Det havde hun sidst gjort, da hun havde været 16 og forelsket i Steven Wade, quarterbacken på skolens fodboldhold, som ikke havde vidst, at skolens største bogorm overhovedet fandtes.”

The last time she had done that, she had been 16 and in love with Steven Wade, the quarterback on the school's football team, who had not known that the greatest bookworm of the school even existed.

“Specielt når man ser på, hvor mange andre quarterbacker, der har haft store sæsoner i AFC, ...”

Especially when you observe how many other quarterbacks have had large seasons in AFC, ...

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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