2010년 3월 28일 일요일

Dic: whole (its usage just for emphasizing)

  • It was like seeing a whole different side of somebody.
  • His father had helped invent a whole new way of doing business.
  • That saved me a whole bunch of money.
  • We offer a whole variety of weekend breaks.
  • I can’t afford it—that’s the whole point.
  • There are a whole range of sizes to choose from.

1. ADV/ADJ | You use whole to emphasize what you are saying.[INFORMAL] (=totally)

2. [only before noun] used to emphasize how large or important sth is.

3. a whole range/series/variety etc (of something): used to emphasize that there are a lot of things of a similar type.

.... Cobuild, OALD, LDOCE

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