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Meaning of one thousand and one | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A great many; numerous.

uncountable

Examples

But poor fool, he did not know until that minute that there were one thousand and one reasons why a new building should not be assessed so much as an old one.”
The same as me, when I learnt the trade (in the pottery industry) there were one thousand and one things that seemed insignificant in that job, but they all amounted into one big thing.”
The women have one thousand and one reasons/causes/factors /justifications for their indulgence in immoral traffic or prostitution.”

CEFR level

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