āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ
roughly or around a stated number
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The hike was some 10 kilometers long.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ 10 āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻā§
to a certain degree or extent
Dialect
American
AmericanInformal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The pain has eased some since this morning.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŽā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻāĻŋāĻā§
used to express an unspecified amount or number of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
There are some cookies in the jar.
āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ
an unknown or unspecified person or thing
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Some guy called asking for you.
āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻ¯āĻĨā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ
a considerable or notable amount or number of something
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
That 's some responsibility you've taken on.
āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ
used to indicate a portion, however small, of a group or quantity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Some people enjoy jazz, others do n't.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
05
āĻāĻŋ, āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ
used to express admiration of something impressive or remarkable
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
You 've made some progress!
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨!
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āĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻā§āĻ¨ā§
used ironically to express disapproval, sarcasm, or disbelief
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
That was some help you gave us!
āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ!
01
āĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻā§āĻ
used to denote a certain, but unspecified, portion or selection of things or people
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Could you give me some?
02
āĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻ¨
used to refer to at least a few people or things out of a group
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Some have already signed up, though most have n't responded.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
