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in the thick of

Preposition CEFR C2

Definitions

In the middle of (something difficult).

idiomatic

Examples

“In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.”
“His stories about Huey, Eleanor and Jack, and other bigwigs of various worlds, reveal⟳ a life lived in the thick of legend.”
“Rooney was fit to return⟳ to United's line-up after missing two games with an ankle injury - and he was in the thick of the action right away as he raced on to Dimitar Berbatov's pass⟳ only to send⟳ a presentable finish⟳ wide from an acute angle.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

in the throes of in the vein of in the wake of in the way of in token of in view of

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