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Meaning of sill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/sɪl/

Definitioner

herring

common-gender

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“inlagd sill”

pickled herring

“sill och färskpotatis”

[pickled] herring and new potatoes [common Midsummer Eve food]

“Hallå där, köp blåbär Hallå där en gång till, köp en rutten sill Hallå där många gånger, köp dubbla långkalsonger”

Hello there, buy blueberries Hello there one more time, buy a rotten herring Hello there many times, buy double long johns [a nursery rhyme with several variations for the last line]

“April april, din dumma sill, jag kan lura dig vart jag vill!”

April April, you stupid herring, I can trick you [to] wherever I want! [or "lure you wherever I want," but "lura" has a less sinister tone of trick/fool in Swedish] [a rhyme used like "April Fools!"]

CEFR-nivå

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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