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nothing

US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

pronoun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

a quantity of no importance

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

There is nothing left on the agenda, so the meeting is over.

Collocations

  • Easy nothing else
    describing nothing else (a quantity of no importance)
  • Medium nothing has been definitively settled yet
    describing nothing has been definitively settled yet (a quantity of no importance)
  • Hard verging on nothing short of balance-sheet insolvency
    to verging on nothing short of balance-sheet insolvency, meaning to border on; come close to
  • Very Hard stop at nothing to crush commercial upstarts
    to stop at nothing to crush commercial upstarts, meaning to come to a halt, stop moving

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