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Meaning of two-tongued | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Having two tongues; double-tongued.
    not-comparable
  2. Deceitful; lying; two-faced.
    broadly, not-comparable
  3. Possessing the ability to speak two languages; synonym of bilingual.
    not-comparable, rare

Examples

“Thomas had used "the bilingual sea" in "Quite Early One Morning" (1945), so that "two-tongued" was a product of a natural piece of wordplay.”
“It is through the voice-over (fully bilingual, because, as the narrator announces, this will be an “f...ing Canadian film”) that the narrator demonstrates both the positive and the negative aspects of the two-tongued individual.”

CEFR level

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

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