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Meaning of page-turner | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly.
    idiomatic
  2. A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see page, turner.

Equivalents

Examples

“Her debut novel is such a page-turner that it's one of those books that you can't put down.”
“This is a very fat novel. The first thing you want to do with it is send it to a hospital for one of those crisis diets. Cut out 300 pages and maybe you've got a page-turner that could stand off "The Firm."”
“She's a famous soloist today, but she did her time as a page-turner, just as many others have done.”

CEFR level

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

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