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preposition·C1·15 letters
in spite of, despite
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Notwithstanding the heavy rain, the match went ahead.
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- insubordinationdefiance of authority; disobedience
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- professionalismthe skill and conduct of a trained professional
- temperamentallybecause of one's natural disposition
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- bureaucraticallyin a manner following rigid official procedures
- characterizationthe way a character is created and described
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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