Meaning of Impostor | Babel Free
ɪmˈpɒstəDefinitions
Equivalents
Examples
“"It were dishonour in me to yield⟳. I will not play⟳ the part of an impostor, whom my uncle must despise even while he screens. No; these estates are his right: let⟳ him take⟳ them; I will not buy⟳ them with his daughter's hand."”
“Then again these figures take⟳ no account of the thousands of beggars who travel⟳ free in India. Many of these are religious "Sadhus", dressed often in nothing but a loin-cloth, or even less, and their bodies smeared with ashes. A large number⟳ of these men are nothing but impostors, but the Hindu railway staff usually are afraid to interfere⟳ with them.”
““I said he had a criminal face⟳.” “He can't help⟳ his face⟳.” “He can help⟳ being a crook and an impostor. Calls himself a butler, does he? The police could shake⟳ that story. He's no more a butler than I am.””
“Interestingly, Wang shows that Chinese allows the appearance of an indexical pronoun alongside the imposter, as in (31).”
“One possibility is that mothers of HR [higher-risk] infants frequently use⟳ non-pronoun forms in place⟳ of pronouns, as in the impostor uses noted above.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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