| query | You use t___ with words like 'now', ' well ', and 'okay', to introduce a new topic or a new point of view .You use then with words like 'now', ' well ', and 'okay', to introduce a new topic or a new point of view . Now then, you say you walk on the fields out the back? Well then, I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea. Okay then let me ask how you do that. |
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| word | then |
| full-definition | adverb Then means at a particular time in the past or in the future . He wanted an income after his retirement; until then, he wouldn't require additional money. The clinic opened for business last October and since then has treated more than 200 people. I spent years on the dole trying to get bands together and I never worried about money then. You use then to say that one thing happens after another, or is after another on a list . Add the oil and then the scallops to the pan, leaving a little space for the garlic. I felt myself blush. Then I sniffed back a tear. The couple worked at first individually and then together. You use then in conversation to indicate that what you are about to say follows logically in some way from what has just been said or implied . 'I wasn't a very good scholar at school.'—'What did you like doing best then?' You're not gonna tell me, are you? Do I have to guess, then? 'I got a load of money out of them.'—'So you're okay, then.' You use then at the end of a topic or at the end of a conversation. 'I can meet you after work. Six o'clock?'—'Fine.'—'Six o'clock, then?'. He stood up. 'That's settled then.'. 'I'll talk to you on Friday anyway.'—'Yep. Okay then.' You use then with words like 'now', ' well ', and 'okay', to introduce a new topic or a new point of view . Now then, you say you walk on the fields out the back? Well then, I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea. Okay then let me ask how you do that. You use then to introduce a summary of what you have said or the conclusions that you are drawing from it. This, then, was the music that dominated in the mid-1960s. By 1931, then, France alone in Europe was a country of massive immigration. You use then to introduce the second part of a sentence which begins with 'if'. The first part of the sentence describes a possible situation, and then introduces the result of the situation. If the answer is 'yes', then we must decide on an appropriate course of action. You use then at the beginning of a sentence or after 'and' or 'but' to introduce a comment or an extra piece of information to what you have already said. We have to do a lot of reading, and then we have essays to write. He sounded sincere, but then, he always did. adjective Then is used when you refer to something which was true at a particular time in the past but is not true now . The bill was enacted by the then Labour Government. He was known by many for his role in the then record-breaking robbery of the mail train from Glasgow to London in August 1963. Richard Strauss, then 76 years old, suffered through the war years in silence. Roberts was then a newly married man. |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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