āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝā§, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§
before the present or specified time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
By the time the show started, we had already found our seats.
āĻļā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
1.1
āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝā§, āĻāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ
sooner than expected or earlier than what is usual
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's already finished his meal while I'm still eating.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋ, āϏ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝā§, āĻāĻāύāĻ
used to indicate that an action has been completed, making repetition unnecessary
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
No thanks, I already have a coffee.
āύāĻž āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĢāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝā§, āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤā§
at this moment or stage, with the possibility of further development
Dialect
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is already tired, and the meeting has n't even started.
āϏ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏāĻāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
already
01
āĻāϞā§, āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝā§
used to express impatience or annoyance
Dialect
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hurry up already, we're going to be late!
āϤāĻžā§āĻžāϤāĻžā§āĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝā§, āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāĻŦ!
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