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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
stroke
/stɹəʊk/
verb1 of 2
to touch someone or something repeatedly in a caring way
- “One stroke of the pen will not solve this problem.”Tatoeba
- “To me, she is a stroke of good luck.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A blow or hit.
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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)