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Austerlitz

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɔːstəlɪts

Definitions

Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.

Equivalents

FrançaisAusterlitz
DeutschAusterlitz
ItalianoAusterlitz
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Examples

That dinner at the King’s Arms with his friends had been Henchard’s Austerlitz: he had had his successes since, but his course had not been upward.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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