far

Reading level: easy

Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
adjective located at a great distance in time or space or degree
adjective being of a considerable distance or length

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai

"Bold and resolute," he decided, "but too Western, entirely too Far Western. — The Candidate: A Political Romance, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Far miles away my giant feet showed plain, Rising, like rocks out of the quiet main. — The Magic City, E. (Edith) Nesbit
Again she was lifted on the bull’s back, and after she had ridden far, and farer than I can tell, they came in sight o’ a far bonnier castle, and far farther awa’ than the last. — The Blue Fairy Book, Andrew Lang

Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe

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