| Order | 45 |
| Spanish | entonces, a continuación, luego, después, por lo tanto, pues, por consiguiente, por tanto |
| Russian | тогда, дальше, кроме того |
| English | then |
| Example En-Ru | mix butter, sugar and eggs, then work in the dry ingredients - смешайте яйца с маслом и сахаром, потом добавьте сухие ингредиенты;well then - так вот;it was unfortunate that I came in just then - как неудачно, что я вошёл именно тогда! |
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| Longman example | I wish I had known then what I know now. |
| Oxford example | ▪ I wish I had known then what I know now.▪ It was then that I realised she’d tricked me.▪ He started his career in St Petersburg – or Leningrad as it then was.▪ They’re sending out the results next week, so we won’t know anything until then.▪ It was late evening when the doctor arrived, and by then it was too late. |
| Oxford example cloze | I wish I had known [...] what I know now.It was [...] that I realised she’d tricked me.He started his career in St Petersburg – or Leningrad as it [...] was.They’re sending out the results next week, so we won’t know anything until [...].It was late evening when the doctor arrived, and by [...] it was too late. |
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| ipa | [ðɛn] |
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| Common error | Common mistake: than or then? Warning: Choose the right word! These two words look similar, but they are spelled differently and have completely different meanings. |
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| Proverb | Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. |
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| Idiom | …and then some |
| Idiom meaning | - (informal) used to emphasize the large amount or number of sth, and to say that you have not mentioned everything |
| Idiom example | There are Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Thai restaurants… and then some! |
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| Order | 2853 |
| Spanish | (adj.) satisfactorio, gratificante |
| Russian | удовлетворительный |
| English | satisfying |
| Example En-Ru | a satisfying lunch - сытный обед.this will go a long way towards satisfying him - это почти полностью его устроит; |
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| Longman example | Many elderly people continue to have satisfying sexual relationships. |
| Oxford example | ▪ There's something deeply satisfying about eating vegetables that you have grown yourself.▪ The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence.▪ Satisfying, rewarding or fulfilling? Satisfying and fulfilling are used more to talk about personal happiness; rewarding is used to talk about a feeling of doing sth important or useful for others. |
| Oxford example cloze | There's something deeply [...] about eating vegetables that you have grown yourself.The book is more [...] if you read each chapter in sequence.[...], rewarding or fulfilling? [...] and fulfilling are used more to talk about personal happiness; rewarding is used to talk about a feeling of doing sth important or useful for others. |
| Collocations | it is satisfyingdeeply satisfying |
| Oxford 3000 cloze | a [...] meala [...] experienceIt's [...] to |
| Oxford definition | giving pleasure because it provides sth you need or wantrewarding • fulfilling |
| ipa | [ˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ] |
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| Full definition | adj. giving pleasure or satisfaction; providing freedom from worry; providing abundant nourishment |
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| Synonims | appreciated, gratifying, pleasing, comforting, cheering, hearty, solid, square, substantial |
| Word family | adjective: satisfactory ≠ unsatisfactory, satisfied ≠ dissatisfied ≠ unsatisfied, satisfyingadverb: satisfactorily ≠ unsatisfactorily, satisfyingly verb: satisfy noun: satisfaction ≠ dissatisfaction |
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| Proverb | Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of emotional or psychological needs, among them the need for understanding, for love, expression and respect |
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| Order | 65 |
| Spanish | (v.) conocer, saber |
| Russian | знать, понимать, отличать, быть знакомым |
| English | know |
| Example En-Ru | know the difference between right and wrong - различать добро и зло;I would like to know - я хотел бы знать;I wouldn't know - откуда мне знать? |
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| Longman example | Who knows the answer? |
| Oxford example | ▪ Who knows the answer?▪ There are instructions telling you everything you need to know.▪ Didn’t you know that?▪ Do you know what time it is?▪ I don’t know where to go. |
| Oxford example cloze | Who [...]s the answer?There are instructions telling you everything you need to [...].Didn’t you [...] that?Do you [...] what time it is?I don’t [...] where to go. |
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| ipa | [nəʊ] |
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| Word family | adjective: knowing, knowledgeable, known ≠ unknown noun: knowledge, the unknown adverb: knowingly ≠ unknowingly, knowledgeably verb: know |
| Common error | Common mistake: know or find out? Warning: choose the correct verb! To talk about learning a fact or piece of information for the first time, don't say 'know', say find out: |
| Irregular verbs | [know / knew / known] |
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| Proverb | One half of the world does not know how the other half lives |
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| Idiom | you never know |
| Idiom meaning | - (informal) used to say that you can never be certain about what will happen in the future, especially when you are suggesting that sth good might happen |
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