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ENDE: thousands tausende FN: thousands n Quantified_mass
like: thousands → →
to be hundreds of thousands of times faster ☊
nhanh gấp trăm ngàn lần ☊
for thousands of years (ago) ☊
từ bao hàng ngàn năm qua ☊
Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square. ☊ angry ☊
The exhibition has attracted thousands of visitors. ☊ attract ☊
He had run up credit card debts of thousands of dollars. ☊ debt ☊
Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour. ☊ delay ☊
Thousands died in the disaster. ☊ disaster ☊
The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time. ☊ egg ☊
Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year. ☊ forest ☊
Thousands of refugees will die if these supplies don't get through to them. ☊ get through (to sb) ☊
Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk. ☊ hundred ☊
Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest. ☊ hungry ☊
People flocked in their thousands to see her. ☊ in ☊
Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed in this conflict. ☊ innocent ☊
Cancer kills thousands of people every year. ☊ kill ☊
The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business. ☊ lost ☊
There are thousands of verbs in English and most (of them) are regular. ☊ most ☊
Thousands are at risk of being poisoned by fumes from faulty heaters. ☊ poison ☊
The cyclone has resulted in many thousands of deaths. ☊ result in sth ☊
spend (sth doing sth): The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems. ☊ spend ☊
Thousands of pieces of data are stored in a computer's memory. ☊ store ☊
study how, what, etc...: The group will study how the region coped with the loss of thousands of jobs. ☊ study ☊
The damage was such that it would cost thousands to repair. ☊ such ☊
There were thousands of people there. ☊ thousand ☊
Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment. ☊ unemployment ☊
The steps had been worn away by the feet of thousands of pilgrims. ☊ wear away, wear sth away ☊