how to pronounce smoking
/ˈsmoːkɪŋ/
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smoking is pronounced in two syllables
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An example use of smoking in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:
“… richtig smoking effekt und ist so wohl …”
meanings of smoking
noun:
- Dinner jacket, tuxedo, tux.
smoking frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR
the word smoking occurs in german on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
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