I want everyone to be quiet at once
at once
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immediately or without delay
My wife is at odds with my mother
be at odds
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to disagree
Our neighbor is at large right now
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if a dangerous person or animal is at large, they have escaped from somewhere or have not been caught
To this day, I have no idea what made him snap. He just got really angry one day and beat up his co-worker
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until and including now
You have to take him at face value. There is no hidden agenda and he is not trying to pull the wool over your eyes
take something at face value
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to accept a situation or accept what someone says, without thinking there may be a hidden meaning
Paul hit that man for good reason
for good reason
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To my astonishment, I won the lottery last week
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complete surprise
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agree | laugh | glare | bask | complain | concentrate | battle |
argue | lie | grab | cooperate | dream | expound | cry |
ask | pray | hit | drown | hear | focus | fight |
bother | question | laugh | help | inform | harp | grieve |
brag | read | look | interest | know | insist | puzzle |
care | remind | rush | invest | learn | report | sigh |
complain | say | shoot | participate | remind | speak | worry |
contact | sing | snatch | persist | sing | write |
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at, in, onTalking about time
Use at with clock times •
at one o'clock
• at 6.30
with points of time in the day
• at midnight
• at noon
• at dawn
with holiday periods, meaning the few days around the holiday •
at Easter •
at Diwaliwith weekend, in British English •
See you at the weekend•
At weekends we go out.
Use in with parts of the day •
in the morning •
in the evening •
I never watch TV in the daytime
.with months, seasons, years, centuries •
in May •
in summer time • in 2004 •
in the 21st century
Use onwith dates and specific days •
on 29th July •
on Tuesday afternoons •
on the last day of termwith weekend, in American English •
We sometimes go there on weekends.
Talking about position and placeUse atwith particular positions or places •
at the end of the corridor •
at the back of the room •
at the corner of the street to mean 'next to' or 'beside' •
She sat at her desk. •
He stopped me at the door.
with words for buildings, for example airport, university, restaurant, art gallery
at the airport •
at the Lyceum theatrewith city or place names,
when you are talking about stopping during a journey
Does this train stop at Watford
BUT otherwise use in - see belowUse inwith a position
or place
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when something or someone is inside a larger thing
such as a room •
in the bath •
in the kitchen •
in the garden •
in the doorwaywith cities, counties, states, and countries •
When will you arrive in Tokyo •
He lives in Germany. •
She's working in California.with the names of squares, plazas etc •
in Times Square
Use onwith a position or place, when one thing is attached to or touching another •
a spot on the end of her nose •
a jacket on the back of a chairwith street names •
on the High Street •
on 42nd Street •
on Broadway