| query | You use t_____ to introduce a statement in a subordinate clause which contrasts with the statement in the main clause. You often use though to introduce a fact which you regard as less important than the fact in the main clause.You use though to introduce a statement in a subordinate clause which contrasts with the statement in the main clause. You often use though to introduce a fact which you regard as less important than the fact in the main clause. The film was exactly how I had pictured it, though I think Gale should have had a bigger part. After this news Ford broke down again, though he blamed the breakdown on his work. He's very attractive, though certainly not a ladykiller. The rest of his 'team' are simply assistants, though all very good at what they do. |
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| word | though |
| full-definition | conjunction You use though to introduce a statement in a subordinate clause which contrasts with the statement in the main clause. You often use though to introduce a fact which you regard as less important than the fact in the main clause. The film was exactly how I had pictured it, though I think Gale should have had a bigger part. After this news Ford broke down again, though he blamed the breakdown on his work. He's very attractive, though certainly not a ladykiller. The rest of his 'team' are simply assistants, though all very good at what they do. You use though to introduce a subordinate clause which gives some information that is relevant to the main clause and weakens the force of what it is saying . I look back on it as the bloodiest (though not literally) winter of the war. The problem was finally, though not conclusively, identified as a severely pinched nerve. His achievements, though hardly exciting, were widely admired. adverb You use though to indicate that the information in a clause contrasts with or modifies information given in a previous sentence or sentences. I like him. Though he makes me angry sometimes. Many feel, as I do, that his speech went too far. At least it was coherent, though. Try not to decapitate the roses when pruning. If you do, though, don't worry. |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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