Definition
again: once more, another time
Try again! Make another attempt!
I'd like to watch the movie again. Shall we come back next week too?
He will never talk to me again. This is the end of our relationship!
We have to differentiate again from still and yet:
He is sick again. He has a new illness.
He is still sick. He continues to be ill.
He has not recovered yet. Up to now he has not recovered.
He is still sick. He continues to be ill.
He has not recovered yet. Up to now he has not recovered.
once again: one more time
- "Bruno : What are you having again, Donna?"
- "You haven't been wearing my dresses again, have you?"
- "We'll see you again in 4 years!"
- "I've never been on... what's this thing called again?"
- "Warbuckle : I'm getting that strange sensation again."
- "Brian : You just did it again!"
- "You two aren't going to drink all night again, are ya?"
- "On behalf of the entire flight crew, we would like to thank you once again for choosing English Airlines, and we wish you a pleasant stay in London, or wherever your travels may take you."
- "Right now, I am so hungry I could die... again!"
- "Our ETA in Boston is 1:30 AM, but again, I'll do my best to make it there by midnight."
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