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Meaning of screwtape | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.

Examples

“His collection of songlines and timelines snarled at him like a screwtaped confession.”
“Perhaps, beyond the lands of shadow, it will be exposed as merely a Screwtaped illusion.”
“...but they never got the chance From the rulers near-almighty down to the lower ranks of the CF hierarchy screw-taping rejection editors at the BBC and controlling clerky types at this or that ministry”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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