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Anchovy

Noun CEFR B1
ˈæn.t͡ʃə.vi

Definitions

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.

Equivalents

Françaisanchois
DeutschSardelle
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Examples

“[T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.”

CEFR level

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