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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
sleep
/sliːp/
verb1 of 2
to rest your body in bed, as at night time
- “I feel like I could use another hour of sleep.”Tatoeba
- “What I need to do now is get some sleep.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)