Language Activator – later

اغلب دیکشنری ها لغاتی را مترادف یک لغت معرفی میکنند. اما آیا تمامی مترادفهای یک لغت صد در صد معنای همان لغت را القا میکنند؟ مسلماً خیر. در این بخش از آفرینش اکتیوتر لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت later را بررسی خواهیم کرد. ابتدا جملات را خوانده و خودرا محک بزنید سپس برای دیدن نتایج و توضیح اینکه هر لغت در چه موقعیتی استفاده میشود به لینک زیر بروید.

later

(adverb)

: not now, or not at the time you are talking about, but some time after this

.Sorry, I’m busy right now – I’ll speak to you later

.We heard later that he had gone back to Japan

a month/two weeks/three years etc later

.She became ill in 1993, and died two years later

much later a long time after that time

.I didn’t find out the truth until much later

later that day/month/year etc

.Later that afternoon, Anna came to see me

later in the day/month/year etc

.We are developing a training course to run later in the year

later

(adjective only before noun)

.Dixon pleaded guilty to all the charges and will be sentenced at a later date

.In a later speech, the minister admitted he had been wrong

later on

(adverb)

: at a later time during the same period or activity

.Label the pipes you will be working on to avoid confusion later on

.Later on, I’ll be interviewing the Prime Minister, but first here is a summary of the news

in

(preposition)

: use this to say how far ahead in the future something will happen

in a minute/24 hours/a week etc

.I’ll be back in a couple of days

.The doctor would like to see you again in two weeks

in an hour’s time/a few minutes’ time etc

.Just think, in a few hours’ time we’ll be in Seattle

from now

(adverb)

: 24 hours/a week/100 years etc from now 24 hours, a week etc after this time

.Three weeks from now the exams will be over

.A hundred years from now there may be no rainforest left

after

(preposition)

use this to talk about something that happened in the past, and to say how much later than a particular time or point it happened

after two days/a week etc

.After a few minutes, she fell asleep

.After ten days, their supplies of water were running low

after a while/a bit after some time

.After a while, we got tired of waiting and went home

subsequently

(adverb)

: formal after the time or event that you are talking about

.He was savagely attacked and sustained severe injuries from which he subsequently died

:Practice

: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

Later / later on / after / subsequently / in / from now

.N1. The decision was ………………… reversed on appeal
.N2. ………………… ten days, their supplies of water were running low
.N3. Three weeks ………………… the exams will be over
.N4. I’ll be back ………………… a couple of days
. ………………… N5. Label the pipes you will be working on to avoid confusion
. ………………… N6. Sorry, I’m busy right now – I’ll speak to you

:Answers

Subsequently / After / from now / in / later on / later