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too

US /tu/

adverb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The new software is too complicated for most of our staff.

Synonyms

  • alsoin addition
  • excessivelyto a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

Collocations

  • Easy me too
    describing me too (a state in New England)
  • Medium all too often in business
    describing all too often in business (quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class)
  • Hard far too stringent regulations
    describing far too stringent regulations (a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again)
  • Very Hard none too pleased with the outcome
    describing none too pleased with the outcome (a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise)

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