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Meaning of twixt | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR C2 Specialized
twɪkst

Definitions

betwixt, between

literary

Examples

“O! thou thrice happy Shire, confined so to bee / Twixt two so famous Floods, as Mersey is, and Dee.”
“I then took a strait That gave myself, and some few more, receipt 'Twixt Scylla and Charybdis.”
“From all the dangers he foresees or fears; Yet every hour 'twixt Scylla and Charybdis steers.”
“The host is rushing 'twixt night and day, Caoilte tossing his burning hair, And Niamh calling Away, come away.”

CEFR level

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