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Meaning of shut-eye | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈʃʌtaɪ

Definitions

Sleep.

informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Български дря́мка
Deutsch Schlaf

Examples

“With the night so quiet and peaceful, though, there was nothing he could do except return to camp and try to get a little shut-eye himself.”
“To make matters worse, he sorely needs some shut-eye. “Not to get into it, but I’m not a great sleeper,” he says, reaching out of frame for his coffee.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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