CEFR B1

“The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.”

“an abiding belief”

“Near-synonyms: nonbiological, nonbiologic”

“1996 [1991, Ellis Horwood Limited], R. K. Robinson, A. Y. Tamime, Feta & Related Cheeses, Woodhead Publishing Limited, page 54, Traditionally, coagulation of the milk for Feta cheese manufacture was achieved using rennet produced by cheesemakers themselves from the abomasa of lambs and kids slaughtered before weaning.”

“an abortive child”

“The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.”

“The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.”

“The professor stopped her lecture abruptly when she noticed someone fall off their seat.”

“The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.”

“The thieves absconded with our property.”

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”

“At roll-call there were three absentees.”

“1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 34, […] his wife, flinging a shawl round her, had come to the outer room and was listening to the man's narrative, her eyes resting absently on the luggage and the drops of rain glistening upon it.”

“You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.”

“fully absorbed”

“1756, Thomas Amory, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Noon, Chapter 36 “Remarks on the delluge,” p. , The swallows especially must do great work in the case, if we take into their number not only very many open gulphs or chasms, the depth of which no line or sound can reach; but likewise the communications of very many parts of the sea, and of many great unfathomable lochs, with the abyss. These absorbers could easily receive what had before come out of them.”

“He orated absurdly.”