Meaning of tor | Babel Free
[ˈtor]Definitions
- dagger
- trap, snare (a device designed to catch animals)
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meal, repast, feast (ceremonial meal held after weddings, funerals, or other special occasions) literary
- thorax (of an arthropod)
- foil (very thin sword)
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trap, snare, setup (an arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense) figuratively
Equivalents
Examples
“halotti tor”
funeral feast
“disznótor”
meal on pig-killing day
“Reggel mentünk be New Yorkba, a McBurney-iskolával volt az összecsapás. Csak aztán mégse. A tőröket, az egész felszerelést, minden vacakot azon a rohadt földalattin hagytam.”
We’d gone in to New York that morning for this fencing meet with McBurney School. Only, we didn’t have the meet. I left all the foils and equipment and stuff on the goddam subway.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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