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Meaning of Valium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈvæl.i.əm

Definitions

  1. The drug diazepam.
  2. A Valium pill.

Equivalents

Examples

“Mothers little helpers were pills—Miltown, amphetamine, barbiturates, Librium, and Valium were the most popular and widely available in the fifties and early sixties—that were used to keep women in their place, to make them comfortable in a setting that should have been uncomfortable, to encourage them to focus on tasks that did not matter.”

CEFR level

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