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She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 921
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Meanings
adjective
- with little or no light.E.g. it's too dark to see much
- (of a colour or object) not reflecting much light; approaching black in shade.E.g. dark green
- (of a period or situation) characterized by great unhappiness or unpleasantness.E.g. the dark days of the war
- hidden from knowledge; mysterious.E.g. a dark secret
- denoting a velarized form of the sound of the letter l as it sounds at the end of a word or before another consonant (as in full or bulk in most accents of English).
noun
- the absence of light in a place.E.g. Carolyn was sitting in the dark
- a dark colour or shade, especially in a painting.E.g. lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief
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