Meaning of achates | Babel Free
əˈkeɪtiːzExamples
“[He] established a kind of hunting colony at Tring, in Hertfordshire, where, with Colonel Charritie as his Achates, Jem Morgan as his huntsman, and "some of the Browns" to look⟳ after things, his lordship had kennels of both foxhounds and harriers […]”
“It was the full moon of the "Captain" of industry and his Achates, the muckraker. Pragmatism, the one force⟳ in American thought since the Spanish War, certainly did not bequeath men a deeper feeling and reverence for life, […]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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