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Meaning of in the flesh | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Present in a physical body; in person.
  2. incarnate (of God or a deity: having assumed an earthly body)
    especially

Equivalents

Deutsch fleischgeworden im Fleische
Suomi ilmi elävä ilmielävästi
Polski oczywiście w naturze we własnej osobie

Examples

“[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play⟳ The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink⟳ and sex to the greatest extent possible.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

in the foothills in the frame in the front row in the furtherance of justice in the future in the game

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