Meaning of Robert is your uncle | Babel Free
Definitions
Phrase. [C2]
Examples
““You understand⟳, Commandant,” he said darkly, “that your offence might have⟳ had serious consequences?” / “I do, sir.” / “Well!” said Duroc. “Then I forget⟳ it.” Yet his wrath boiled over. “But here is an end⟳, Commandant. We will have⟳ no more of this, burn me, or Robert is your uncle!””
““[…] So I slips in and ’as a moniker at the safe. So when I takes you in, we ’ave the place⟳ to ourselves. I knows the safe, so—” He opened his hands expressively. / “So Robert is your uncle!” Pontivy finished the sentence for him.”
“TO Dun Laoghaire, to have⟳ photographs taken so that I may go by train⟳ through eastern Europe, come⟳ September. In the shopping centre, there is a booth which looks not unlike a confessional. You sit⟳, put⟳ coins in a slot, and Robert is your uncle.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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