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sometimes, occasionally ☊ đôi khi ☊
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OXF3000: đôi khi sometimes
OXF3000N thỉnh thoảng đôi khi occasionally
OXF3000N thỉnh thoảng đôi khi sometimes
OXF3000D: đôi khi sometimes bisweilen
OXF3000D: đôi khi sometimes manchmal
OXF3000D: đôi khi sometimes zuweilen
sometimes ☊ đôi khi ☊ Frequency
I sometimes have stomach aches. Tôi đôi khi bị đau bụng. * 059
like: đôi khi → →
Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil. ☊ addition ☊
I sometimes allow myself the luxury of a cigar. ☊ allow ☊
We keep them informed of any changes as they arise. ☊ arise ☊
If sometimes they're the wrong decisions, too bad. ☊ too bad ☊
There are bound to be changes when the new system is introduced. ☊ bound ☊
He can be very tactless sometimes. ☊ can ☊
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind (= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later). ☊ cruel ☊
distinguish A and B: Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish. ☊ distinguish ☊
'I'm feeling really depressed.' 'The winter here has that effect sometimes.' ☊ effect ☊
Young children are beginning their formal education sometimes as early as four years old. ☊ formal ☊
Sometimes I really hate him. ☊ hate ☊
I sometimes wonder what goes on in that head of yours. ☊ head ☊
Lions sometimes hunt alone. ☊ hunt ☊
Vegetation patterns changed when goats were introduced to the island. ☊ introduce ☊
know (that)...: I know (that) people's handwriting changes as they get older. ☊ know ☊
note how, where, etc...: Note how these animals sometimes walk with their tails up in the air. ☊ note ☊
It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease. ☊ reverse ☊
I need absolute silence when I'm working. ☊ silence ☊
We sometimes sleep late at the weekends (= until late in the morning). ☊ sleep ☊
Sometimes I go by car. ☊ sometimes ☊
He sometimes writes to me. ☊ sometimes ☊
I like to be on my own sometimes. ☊ sometimes ☊
Climate change is still very much a subject for debate. ☊ subject ☊
Life seems so unfair sometimes. ☊ unfair ☊
It was not unknown for people to have to wait several hours (= it happened sometimes). ☊ unknown ☊