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privet

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpɹɪv.ɪt

Definitions

  1. a clap of thunder
  2. Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
  3. thunder
  4. first-person singular present indicative of tronar

Equivalents

23 more languages
العربيةالحناء
Cymraegyswydd
Ελληνικάλιγούστρο
Magyarfagyal
ՀայերենԿիպրոս
Italianoligustro
한국어
Kurdîpapa
Latinaligustrum
Te Reo Māoripapa
Nederlandsliguster
Polskiligustr
Portuguêsalfeneiro
Русскийбирючи́на
Türkçekurtbağrı

Examples

Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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