Again meaning in English

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Definition

again: once more, another time adverb
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.
once again: one more time adverb

Examples

  • "You haven't been wearing my dresses again, have you?"
  • "(Philip ends the call and picks up the phone again)"
  • "I'd just like to say once again that I'm at your disposal for any concerns you may have."
  • "Brian : You just did it again!"
  • "I'm probably photocopying or making coffee at the moment, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I get permission to use the phone again."
  • "We'll see you again in 4 years!"
  • "Bruno : The good luck is that I can smell again, dumb dumb!"
  • "Hello again, Susie."
  • "I've never been on... what's this thing called again?"
  • "I shall come to you again tonight!"
  • "Susie : So there I was with my best mates, and it was just like old times again, before I became CEO of Delavigne, before Jean proposed marriage, before Bruno took me away in his helicopter."
  • "And then I turned the box on again."
  • "Let's try it again."
  • "Once again it would seem that Delavigne's bank balance is smelling of roses."
  • "We need to make this contest great again."
  • "Right now, I am so hungry I could die... again!"
  • "Bruno : What are you having again, Donna?"
  • "Brian : I'm out of film. Let me just reload and we'll go again in about 15-20 minutes."
  • "I think that someone is in danger, and we must find them before Icarus kills again!"
  • "There it was again."

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