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Describe Events Recent Past Situations Started Short Time

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You use l_____ to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago .You use lately to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago .
Dad's health hasn't been too good lately.
Lord Tomas had lately been appointed Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies.
'Have you talked to her lately?'
Optimism about the U.S. economy has been a rare commodity lately.
word lately
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adverb
You use lately to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago .
Dad's health hasn't been too good lately.
Lord Tomas had lately been appointed Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies.
'Have you talked to her lately?'
Optimism about the U.S. economy has been a rare commodity lately.
You can use lately to refer to the job a person has been doing until recently.
...Timothy Jean Geoffrey Pratt, lately deputy treasury solicitor.
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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