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Meaning of sleeping pill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A pill or tablet having a soporific effect.

Equivalents

العربية منوم
Čeština uspávadlo
Ελληνικά υπνωτικό
Suomi unilääke
Français somnifère
Italiano sonnifero
日本語 睡眠薬
한국어 수면제
Português pílula para dormir
Русский снотворное

Examples

“You are my favorite sleeping pill The secret bending of my waking will. You bring me peace, you bring me rest. Your gentle presence leaves me blest.”
“It was a little past ten that night when his nurse, Sylvia of the Bedpans, came tiptoeing in with sleeping pills on a little tray and told him that his friend, Detective Leary, had just been delivered to the emergency room in a meat wagon.”

CEFR level

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

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