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eye contact

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye.

uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“to make⟳ eye contact⟳ with someone”
“If you make⟳ the animal angry, walk⟳ slowly backwards and avoid⟳ making eye contact⟳.”
“Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move⟳ slowly away without making eye contact⟳ with the crazy man.”

CEFR level

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

eye dialect eye doctor eye examination eye fillet eye fly eye for an eye

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