3000 English common words - Oxford by CEFR
θæŋks Exclamation Fine Lending Money Support Coffee Polite
Word3 |
thanks |
WordType |
(exclamation) |
Phonetic |
/θæŋks/ /θæŋks/ |
Example |
- ‘how are you?’ ‘fine, thanks (= thanks for asking).’
- thanks for lending me the money.
- many thanks for your support.
- ‘would you like a coffee?’ ‘oh, thanks.’
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Sound |
Online sound. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/t/tha/thank/thanks__us_1.mp3 |
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Content |
thanks(exclamation)/θæŋks/ /θæŋks/- used to show that you are grateful to somebody for something they have done
- ‘How are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks (= thanks for asking).’
- Thanks for lending me the money.
- Many thanks for your support.
- a polite way of accepting something that somebody has offered you
- ‘Would you like a coffee?’ ‘Oh, thanks.’
- ‘Here's the change.’ ‘Thanks very much.’
- ‘Do you want to come with us?’ ‘I’d love to, thanks.’
- a polite way of refusing something that somebody has offered you
- ‘Would you like some more?’ ‘No thanks.’
Word Origin- Old English thancas, plural of thanc ‘(kindly) thought, gratitude’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dank and German Dank, also to think.
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