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someone

US /ˈsʌmˌwʌn/

pronoun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

a human being

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Someone left an umbrella in the conference room yesterday afternoon.

Collocations

  • Easy talk to someone
    to talk to someone, meaning to exchange thoughts; talk with
  • Medium find someone to cover the shift
    to find someone to cover the shift, meaning to come upon, as if by accident; meet with
  • Hard someone of prominent repute
    describing someone of prominent repute (a human being)
  • Very Hard act on someone's say-so
    to act on someone's say-so, meaning to perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

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