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classic

B2Academic AWL-7Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈklæsɪk/US /ˈklæsɪk/
adjective

accepted or deserving to be accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind

noun

a book, film or song which is well known and considered to be of very high quality, setting standards for other books, etc.

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And for the great Glenn Close, she was entranced by classic Disney movies like Snow White and Old Yeller—and apparently paid off, because she ended up being cast as Cruella de Vil.

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Hardly had my parents' car rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the classics corridor.

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