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separate the wheat from the chaff

/ˈsɛpəreɪt ðə wiːt frʌm ðə tʃæf/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. separar el grano de la paja

    • The interview helps separate the wheat from the chaff.

      La entrevista ayuda a separar el grano de la paja.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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Spanish

separata

Close, figuratively — "separating" the wheat from the chaff relates to a separata (offprint).

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa separate the wheat from the chaff?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The interview helps ___ the wheat from the chaff.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a separate the wheat from the chaff?

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