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Meaning of Distich | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈdɪstɪk

Definitions

  1. A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
  2. Any couplet.

Equivalents

Deutsch Distichon
Ελληνικά δίστιχο
Français distique
Македонски двостих
Português dístico
Русский двусти́шие

Examples

“Through these distichs of increasing intensity and vagueness, the reader is brought to the riddle of the concluding distich: as far as the speaker is concerned, the girl was ‘pure’, but she will not be if Aeschylus wants to receive the same service on a ‘bad condition’.”

CEFR level

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