Meaning of dast | Babel Free
dæstDefinitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative of dare; dares.
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dare (infinitive). Northern-US
Examples
“Nobody dast blame⟳ this man.”
“Damon Runyon, The Lily of St. Pierre So I only go to Good Time Charley's to talk⟳ with him, and to sing⟳ in quartet with him. […] But just before five o'clock it is okay, as only the hostesses are there, and of course none of them dast to join⟳ in our singing, or Good Time Charley will run⟳ them plumb out of the joint.”
“nastya You don’t say⟳! How dast I!”
The Lowest Depths
“They don't dast.”
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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