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Prune

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
pɹuːn

Definitions

  1. A plum.
  2. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  3. Something wrinkly like a prune.
  4. An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.

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Examples

“We are not free when we are in the grip of the false conditioning that decrees that we need⟳ sex. We are not free if we believe⟳ the culture's ominous warnings that we will become⟳ "horny" (what a callous, offensive word) and frustrated and neurotic and finally shrivel up into prunes and have⟳ to abandon hope⟳ of being good, creative, effective people.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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