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as always ☊ như vẫn thường ☊
as always ☊ như xưa nay ☊
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like: as always → →
You're late to class, as usual.'> 2679 You're late to class, as usual.'> As always, you're late to class. > You're late to class, as usual. You're late to class, as usual.'> ☊ Như mọi khi, cậu lại đi học muộn. > Cậu lại đi muộn như mọi khi. ☊
He has always aimed high (= tried to achieve a lot). ☊ aim ☊
Pat has always loved gardening. ☊ always ☊
As always, Polly was late for school. ☊ as always ☊
As always, he said little. ☊ as ☊
As the youngest child, she was always the centre of attention. ☊ attention ☊
I was always bottom of the class in math. ☊ bottom ☊
She was always too busy to listen. ☊ busy ☊
By convention the deputy leader was always a woman. ☊ convention ☊
He was always there with a sympathetic ear (= a willingness to listen to people). ☊ ear ☊
She was always so funny and entertaining. ☊ entertaining ☊
She has always been scrupulously fair. ☊ fair ☊
He has always treated me very fairly. ☊ fairly ☊
She has always given freely of her time. ☊ freely ☊
good at doing sth: Nick has always been good at finding cheap flights. ☊ good ☊
Her husband was always there and she just took him for granted. ☊ take sb/sth for granted ☊
He was always guided by his religious beliefs. ☊ guide ☊
If you remember, Mary was always fond of animals. ☊ if ☊
As a boxer, he was always light on his feet (= quick and elegant in the way he moved). ☊ light ☊
She has always remained loyal to her political principles. ☊ loyal ☊
maintain sth: She has always maintained her innocence. ☊ maintain ☊
The official story has always been that they are just good friends. ☊ official ☊
She was always open with her parents. ☊ open ☊
His advice was always solid and practical. ☊ solid ☊
White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures. ☊ symbol ☊
teach (sb) that...: My parents taught me that honesty was always the best policy. ☊ teach ☊
The naked male figure was always the central theme of Greek art. ☊ theme ☊
weak in sth: I was always weak in the science subjects. ☊ weak ☊