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Meaning of but if | Babel Free

Conjunction CEFR B2

Definitions

Unless.

obsolete

Equivalents

Latina ast quodsi sin sive

Examples

“And therewithall he swange oute a swerde and seyde, ‘But yf thou telle me all who hath ben here, now shalt thou dey!’”
“Ne living aide for her on earth appeares, / But-if the heavens helpe to redresse her wrong, / Moved with pity of her plenteous teares.”

CEFR level

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

but that but then buuut by the time bycause cah

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