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yesterday

US /ˈjɛstɚˌdeɪ/

adverb, noun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

on the day preceding today

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The package I ordered yesterday arrived this morning.

Collocations

  • Easy see you yesterday afternoon
    to see you yesterday afternoon, meaning to perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
  • Medium review minutes of yesterday's emergency meeting
    to inspect or evaluate formally regarding minutes of yesterday's emergency meeting
  • Hard lessons of yesterday applied to modern crises
    describing lessons of yesterday applied to modern crises (a unit of instruction)
  • Very Hard not born yesterday to fall for transparent deceits
    describing not born yesterday to fall for transparent deceits (negation of a word or group of words)

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