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 - 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) .
 
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 - 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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