Think you have a way with words? This crossword will challenge your ability to recognise sophisticated paraphrasing techniques in English. From synonyms and circumlocution to structural reformulation, every clue pushes your C1 vocabulary and linguistic flexibility to the limit. Can you find the right word when the meaning hides behind different phrasing? Sharpen your pencil and dive in!
Horizontalement
- 4. Express again in a different form
- 5. Are not in short form
- 8. Expressing something in a new way
- 10. from which place or source
- 12. Adding explanatory notes to text
- 14. To a certain or fairly significant extent
- 15. Communicate a meaning or idea
- 16. Summarize written material concisely
Verticalement
- 1. Place in appropriate context
- 2. To record a message
- 3. Used sarcastically when upset
- 4. Changing the words of a passage
- 6. To use the mind to consider
- 7. Saying something differently
- 9. Presenting content in another form
- 11. Communicating or expressing meaning
- 13. Express in another form or words
- 14. Lasting a short time
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