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Hellespont

Noun CEFR B2
ˈhɛl.ɪ.spɒnt

Definitions

The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.

historical

Equivalents

EspañolHelesponto
FrançaisHellespont
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Examples

“That he who has the time should lack the force⟳, that she who has the force⟳ should lack the time! That a trifling and in all probability tractable obstruction of some endocrinal Bandusia, that a mere matter⟳ of forty-five or fifty minutes by the clock, should as effectively as death itself, or as the Hellespont, separate⟳ lovers.”

CEFR level

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