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Meaning of galge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɡâːlɡe

Definitions

  1. gallows
  2. Equivalent to 'coat hanger': A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

Equivalents

Bosanski galge
Hrvatski galge

Examples

“Z tega pekla ni nazaj, bogcu galge, grofu raj, čerleni maj, kervavi maj.”

From this hell there is no going back: gallows for the poor man, paradise for the Count, a scarlet May, a bloody May.

CEFR level

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