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Meaning of War and Peace | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A text or utterance of remarkable length or complexity.

attributive, often

Examples

“You get⟳ an exhaustive, War and Peace-style description of your system.”
“She proceeded to launch⟳ into this War and Peace–length speech about honesty and community and respect⟳ and all those other topics that seriously get⟳ on my nerves.”
“I will refer⟳ to this as the War and Peace e-mail—a painfully long e-mail that many will not read⟳. You remember⟳ Tolstoy's War and Peace, a very, very long and thick book. The consumer response to the initial e-mail was less than 1 percent.”

CEFR level

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

war artist war baby War Between the States war bond war bonnet war bride

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