okay

CEFRA1

/ˌəʊˈkeɪ/

adjective

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.
They [the English] turned her [Joan of Arc] over to the mercies of the Church to make sure the murder was a blessed one. All soldiers are superstitious, I suppose. Nobody wanted to kill an obvious saint unless the Church okayed it.

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They [the English] turned her [Joan of Arc] over to the mercies of the Church to make sure the murder was a blessed one. All soldiers are superstitious, I suppose. Nobody wanted to kill an obvious saint unless the Church okayed it.
1970, Leslie Waller, chapter 8, in The American: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60
One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.
1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC

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