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გამოთქმა: /səʊ/

კავშირი

Universal
  • 1and for this reason; therefore:it was still painful so I went to see a specialist you know I’m telling the truth, so don’t interrupt
  • (so that) with the result that:it was overgrown with brambles, so that I had difficulty making any progress
  • 2 (so that) with the aim that; in order that:they whisper to each other so that no one else can hear
  • 3and then; as the next step:and so to the final
  • 4introducing a question:so, what did you do today?
  • introducing a question following on from what was said previously:so what did he do about it?
  • (also so what?) informal why should that be considered significant?:‘He came into the shop this morning.’ ‘So?’ so what if he failed?
  • 5introducing a statement which is followed by a defensive comment:so I’m a policeman—what’s wrong with that?
  • 6introducing a concluding statement:so that’s that
  • 7in the same way; correspondingly:just as bad money drives out good, so does bad art drive out the good

ზმნისართი

Universal
  • 1 [as submodifier] to such a great extent:the words tumbled out so fast that I could barely hear them don’t look so worried I’m not so foolish as to say that
  • extremely; very much (used for emphasis):she looked so pretty I do love it so
  • informal used to emphasize a clause or negative statement:that’s so not fair you are so going to regret this
  • informal used with a gesture to indicate size:the bird was about so long
  • 2 [as submodifier, with negative] to the same extent (used in comparisons):he isn’t so bad as you’d think help without which he would not have done so well
  • 3referring back to something previously mentioned:
  • that is the case:‘Has somebody called an ambulance?’ ‘I believe so’ if she notices, she never says so
  • the truth:I hear that you’re a writer—is that so?
  • similarly; and also:times have changed and so have I
  • expressing agreement:‘There’s another one.’ ‘So there is.’
  • Irish used for emphasis in a formula added at the end of a statement:your old man was the salt of the earth, so he was
  • informal used to emphatically contradict a negative statement:it is so!
  • 4in the way described or demonstrated; thus:hold your arms so so it was that he was still a bachelor

and so on (or forth)

and similar things; et cetera:these savouries include cheeses, cold meats, and so on

just so much

chiefly derogatory emphasizing a large amount of something:it’s just so much ideological cant

not so much —— as ——

not —— but rather ——:the novel was not so much unfinished as unfinishable

only so much

a limited amount:there is only so much you can do to protect yourself

or so

see or1.

so as to do something

in order to do something:she had put her hair up so as to look older

so be it

an expression of acceptance or resignation.

so far

see far.

so far so good

see far.

so long

  • 1 informal goodbye till we meet again.
  • 2South African in the meanwhile.
    [translation of Afrikaans solank]

so long as

see long1.

so many (or much)

indicating a particular but unspecified quantity:so many hours at such-and-such a speed

so much as

[with negative] even:he sat down without so much as a word to anyone

so much for

  • 1indicating that one has finished talking about something:So much for the melodic line. We now turn our attention to the accompaniment
  • 2suggesting that something has not been successful or useful:so much for that idea!

so much so that

to such an extent that:I was fascinated by the company, so much so that I wrote a book about it

so to speak (or say)

used to highlight the fact that one is describing something in an unusual or metaphorical way:delving into the body’s secrets, I looked death in the face, so to speak

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