"crux" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \kɹʌks\, \kɹʌks\, kɹʌks, kɹʌks Audio: En-us-crux.ogg , En-au-crux.ogg Forms: cruxes [plural]
  1. Passage difficile.
    Sense id: fr-crux-en-noun-qM3S8181 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Lexique en anglais de la littérature Topics: literature
  2. Passage difficile.
    Crux, passage difficile.
  3. Croix, supplice.
    Sense id: fr-crux-en-noun-NXaJCB4x Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  4. Croix, point central.
    Sense id: fr-crux-en-noun-GjSJvaTt Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

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