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Mascara

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə

Definitions

  1. A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
  2. A city and provincial capital in northwestern Algeria.
  3. A province of Algeria.

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Examples

apply mascara
put on mascara
mascara runs
mascara smudges
With her rouged cheeks, silver lipcoat and mascara she might have been any girl after an hour at her mother's dressing table.”
There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.”

CEFR level

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