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Tonsils

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The uvula.

nonstandard, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

العربيةلوز الحلق
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Latinaglandulae

Examples

““So now everything's fine.” I uttered a hacking laugh⟳. “No,” I said, in answer⟳ to a query from Aunt Dahlia. “I have⟳ not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say⟳ that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.””

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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