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{
"term": "pale",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having skin that is very light in colour; having skin that has less colour than usual because of illness, a strong emotion, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a pale complexion"
},
{
"text": "She was tall with a slender figure and pale skin."
},
{
"text": "pale with fear/shock"
},
{
"text": "to go/turn/grow pale"
},
{
"text": "You look pale. Are you OK?"
},
{
"text": "Her face had grown **deathly pale**."
},
{
"text": "The ordeal left her looking **pale and drawn**."
},
{
"text": "She was tall, dark and pale, and very beautiful."
},
{
"text": "Ruth went pale as the news sank in."
},
{
"text": "He turned deathly pale."
},
{
"text": "His face went pale with anger."
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance", "Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"phrases": ["pale and drawn"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "light in colour; containing a lot of white",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "pale blue eyes"
},
{
"text": "a paler shade of green"
},
{
"text": "a pale sky"
},
{
"text": "The flowers were pale and wilted."
}
],
"topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not strong or bright",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the cold pale light of dawn"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/peɪl/",
"audio": "pa/pale/pale__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/peɪl/",
"audio": "pa/pale/pale__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "adjective Middle English: from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus; the verb is from Old French palir."
}