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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
again
beginning again BEGIN - another time: again Sorry, can you say that again please? ◎ Let's start again. - a second time from the beginning: (all) over again I did it wrong so I've got to do it all over again. - one more time: once more Just once more, then I promise I won't ask you to do it again. - to say or do sth again: repeat sth Can you repeat that please? - I couldn't quite hear what you said. - something that you do or that happens again: repetition (noun C/U) yet another repetition of the same song ◎ There must be no repetition of last night's behaviour. - done or happening many times: repeated (only before a noun) a repeated knocking on the wall - not interesting because the same thing is repeated many times: repetitive It's quite a nice song but very repetitive. - many times: over and over (again), again and again, repeatedly I've said it over and over again but he never listens. - many times (in an annoying way): always She's always talking about her computer. - to emphasize that sb/sth is always doing sth, you can say they never stop (doing) it Why does that dog never stop barking? - to cause sth that existed before to be introduced again: bring* sth back They're bringing back all the songs from the seventies. - to make sth popular again: revive sth; noun: revival The nineties have seen a revival of fashions from the seventies. - to begin again or continue after a pause or interruption: (formal) resume; noun: resumption a resumption of fighting Note: some verbs can express the meaning that sth is done again by adding the prefix re- I'm going to retake my exam (= I'm going to take it again). We haven't got as much money as we thought so we're going to have to rethink our holiday plans (= we're going to have to plan our holidays again). It's too long - I'll rewrite it (= I'll write it again). I'm afraid you'll have to redo this piece of work, it just isn't good enough (= you'll have to do the work again) .
※ MORE ... - if you have to repeat a task from the beginning, you are (informal) back to square one Oh dear, I thought we'd finished but we seem to be back to square one. - to do sth again from the beginning: make* a fresh start You've made a bit of a mess of this - you'd better make a fresh start. - a repetition of a song or piece of music at the end of a performance: encore to give an encore ◎ She played something by Beethoven as an encore. - something which people shout at the end of a show, when they want to hear or see an encore: encore!
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