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preposition·B1·9 letters
in place of, as an alternative to
Example sentence
Let's walk instead of taking the car today.
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- absencestate of being away
- absentnot present, away
- absolutecomplete, total
- absolutelycompletely, totally
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- abstractexisting as an idea, not physical
- abundancea very large quantity
Levels come from the CEFR-J Vocabulary Profile v1.5 by Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and the Octanove Vocabulary Profile C1/C2 by Octanove Labs, CC BY-SA 4.0 Meanings and example sentences are written by VocaFlare.
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