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FN: sort of adv Hedging
like: sort of → →
white soul, a sort of effigy or crude image of a ☊ hồn bạch ☊
a sort of card game using 120 cards ☊ tài bàn ☊
I was just an average sort of student. ☊ average ☊
He was the sort of person you could depend on. ☊ depend on/upon sb/sth ☊
expect sth of sb/sth: That's not the sort of behaviour I expect of you! ☊ expect ☊
He seems to have had some sort of religious experience. ☊ experience ☊
I'm pleased I didn't get that job, in a funny sort of way. ☊ funny ☊
Just my luck (= the sort of bad luck I usually have). The phone's not working. ☊ just ☊
Get your ideas into some sort of order before beginning to write. ☊ order ☊
an ordinary sort of day ☊ ordinary ☊
What sort of person would do a thing like that? ☊ person ☊
a plain, straightforward sort of man ☊ plain ☊
The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey. ☊ rather ☊
send sth to sb: What sort of message is that sending to young people? ☊ send ☊
She's a sensible sort of person. ☊ sensible ☊
What sort of shape was the car in after the accident? ☊ shape ☊
'What sort of music do you like?' 'Oh, all sorts.' ☊ sort ☊
This sort of problem is quite common./These sorts of problems are quite common. ☊ sort ☊
He's the sort of person who only cares about money. ☊ sort ☊
There were snacks—peanuts, olives, that sort of thing. ☊ sort ☊
What sort of price did you want to pay? (= approximately how much) ☊ sort ☊
What sort of time do you call this? (= I'm very angry that you have come so late.) ☊ sort ☊
She sort of pretends that she doesn't really care. ☊ sort of ☊
'Do you understand?' 'Sort of.' ☊ sort of ☊
We're sort of doing it the wrong way. ☊ sort of ☊
I had a sort of feeling that he wouldn't come. ☊ a sort of sth ☊
They're a sort of greenish-blue colour. ☊ a sort of sth ☊
She's the sort of person who stands out in a crowd. ☊ stand out (from/against sth) ☊
The chairs were covered in some sort of plastic stuff. ☊ stuff ☊
I like camping, climbing and that sort of thing. ☊ thing ☊
It wants a special sort of person for that job. ☊ want ☊
There's no way we could afford that sort of money. ☊ (there is) no way ☊