Meaning of gas-lit | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [B1]
Examples
“Meanwhile, Cripps and Limpet sat in the little sempiternally gas-lit wine-shop, and held an important conversation.”
“All four engines and the entire train⟳ were derailed, and owing to the fact that all the vehicles except the sleeping cars were gas-lit, the whole of the coaching stock⟳ except the two rear brakes was burned out, beginning with the two front coaches, which were completely wrecked.”
“The approach⟳ to Rotherham is very slow indeed. The dim, gas-lit platform there is not graced with a traffic stop⟳, much to the annoyance of Rotherham passengers who must retrace their steps by road from Sheffield.”
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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