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Meaning of believe it or not | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

This may be surprising, but it's true.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“We're, believe it or not, in love with each other.”
“That depends on how long the sentence is. Believe it or not, there’s a canon of construction about provisos, and the test is anything but clear: …”
“One common cause of “flipped bit” memory errors is, believe it or not, cosmic rays.”
“The descending opening phrase of the aria is, believe it or not, Tatyana’s Fate theme from her Letter Scene, though now in a minor, not major key: …”

CEFR level

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

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