Слово англійською: so

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Переклад so українською: тож

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so

adverb
/səʊ/
  1. to such a great degree
    • Don't look so angry.
    • There's no need to worry so.
    • Why has it taken so long?
    • That wasn't so bad, was it?
    • so… (that)… She spoke so quietly (that) I could hardly hear her.
    • What is it that's so important it can't wait five minutes?
    • He was so impressed that he jumped up and down with excitement.
    • She gets so caught up in her fame that she neglects her true friends.
    • It was so incredibly cheap it was unbelievable.
    • so… as to do something I'm not so stupid as to believe that.
    • (formal, especially British English) Would you be so kind as to lock the door when you leave?
    Homophones sew | so | sowsew   so   sow
    /səʊ/
    • sew verb
      • You should use stronger thread to sew the button back on.
    • so adverb
      • It is unsurprising that they were so successful.
    • so conjunction
      • I was worried about you, so I thought I'd just give you a call.
    • sow verb
      • Collect the seeds now to sow next season.
  • very; extremely
    • I'm so glad to see you.
    • The girls looked so pretty in their summer dresses.
    • I was pleased that so many people turned up.
    • We have so much to do.
    • It's so good to have you back.
    • We've worked so hard to get to this point.
    • They came so close to winning.
    • You're going to Harvard! That's so great!
    • Their attitude is so very English.
    • The article was just so much (= nothing but) nonsense.
    • I am so pleased with this new book.
    • (British English) He sat there ever so quietly.
    • (British English) I do love it so.
  • not so… (as…) (used in comparisons) not to the same degree
    • I haven't enjoyed myself so much for a long time.
    • I have never felt so humiliated in my entire life.
    • It wasn't so good as last time.
    • It's not so easy as you'd think.
    • He was not so quick a learner as his brother.
    • It's not so much a hobby as a career (= more like a career than a hobby).
    • (disapproving) Off she went without so much as (= without even) a ‘goodbye’.
  • used to show the size, amount or number of something
    • The fish was about so big (= said when using your hands to show the size).
    • There are only so many (= only a limited number of) hours in a day.
  • used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned
    • ‘Is he coming?’ ‘I hope so.’
    • ‘Did they mind?’ ‘I don't think so.’
    • If she notices, she never says so.
    • I might be away next week. If so, I won't be able to see you.
    • We are very busy—so much so that we won't be able to take time off this year.
    • Programs are expensive, and even more so if you have to keep altering them.
    • I hear that you're a writer—is that so (= is that true)?
    • George is going to help me, or so he says (= that is what he says but I am not sure if I believe him).
    • They asked me to call them and I did so (= I called).
    • She leaked the story to the media and, in so doing, helped bring down the president.
    • He thinks I dislike him but that just isn't so.
  • also
    • Times have changed and so have I.
    • ‘I prefer the first version.’ ‘So do we.’
    • Temperatures are rising in Canada, and so too are the annual blueberry harvests.
    You cannot use so with negative verbs. Use neither or either: ‘I’m not hungry.’ ‘Neither am I/I’m not very hungry either.’
  • used to agree that something is true, especially when you are surprised
    • ‘You were there, too.’ ‘So I was—I'd forgotten.’
    • ‘There's another one.’ ‘So there is.’
  • (informal) used, often with a negative, before adjectives and noun phrases to emphasize something that you are saying
    • He is so not the right person for you.
    • That is so not cool.
  • (informal) used, especially by children, to say that what somebody says is not the case and the opposite is true
    • ‘You're not telling the truth, are you?’ ‘I am, so!’
  • used when you are showing somebody how to do something or telling them how something happened
    • Stand with your arms out, so.
    • (literary) So it was that he finally returned home.
    • Word Originadverb Old English swā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zo and German so.
    Idioms
    and so forth
    (also and so on (and so forth))
    1. used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way
      • We discussed everything—when to go, what to see and so on.
    (all) the more so because…
    1. used to give an important extra reason why something is true
      • His achievement is remarkable; all the more so because he had no help at all.
    … or so
    1. used after a number, an amount, etc. to show that it is not exact
      • There were twenty or so (= about twenty) people there.
      • We stayed for an hour or so.
    so as to do something
    1. with the intention of doing something
      • We went early so as to get good seats.
    so be it
    1. (formal) used to show that you accept something and will not try to change it or cannot change it
      • If he doesn't want to be involved, then so be it.
    so much for something
    1. used to show that you have finished talking about something
      • So much for the situation in Germany. Now we turn our attention to France.
    2. (informal) used to suggest that something has not been successful or useful
      • So much for that idea!
      Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    so… that
    1. (formal) in such a way that
      • The programme has been so organized that none of the talks overlap.
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