equivalent
/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ noun C2- Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc. · He's the Italian equivalent of a district attorney.
- An equivalent weight.
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But Andrea, turning towards them, winked his eyes, rolled his tongue around his cheeks, and smacked his lips in a manner equivalent to a hundred words among the bandits when forced to be silent.
“Is he then advancing on Paris?” The minister of police maintained a silence which was equivalent to a complete avowal.
“You must decide for yourself,” said Elizabeth; “and if, upon mature deliberation, you find that the misery of disobliging his two sisters is more than equivalent to the happiness of being his wife, I advise you, by all means, to refuse him.”
Translate them word for word and you sound absurd; stop to hunt for an equivalent and you fall hopelessly behind.
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