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the other place

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Hell
    euphemistic
  2. the other house of a bicameral legislature (used by members of one house when speaking in their own house); in the UK, the House of Lords seen from the House of Commons or vice versa; in Canada, the Senate seen from the House of Commons or vice versa.
  3. University of Cambridge
    UK, derogatory
  4. University of Oxford
    UK, derogatory

Examples

“According to Christianity, when someone dies, they go to either Heaven or the other place⟳.”
“[W]e all trooped from our end⟳ of the building to the House of Lords - which I'm told, for some reason⟳, we must never refer⟳ to by name⟳. We have⟳ to call⟳ it 'another place⟳' or 'the other place⟳'[.]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

the other way around the other way round the other white meat The Other Wiki The Oval The Pas

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