snug-gle /'snAgl/ verb ~ (up to sb/sth) [+adv./prep.] to get into, or to put sb/sth into, a warm comfortable position, especially close to sb ( f§» > $cfH, MM, M ft:       [V] The child snuggled up to her mother. ?£ft$cf|g

0 He snuggled down under the bedclothes, life *ft PXWiiAft'ft, llffflo 0 She snuggled closer. MfE ftftM#HfliQ:®o 0 [VN] He snuggled his head onto her shoulder. ftfefBAftftMfftfto

So* abbr. {NAmE) south; southern ^ ft < frfe ) ; W nP

(m)

SO /sau; NAmE sou/ adv., conj., noun a adv. 1 - ... (that) ... | ~ ... as to do sth to such a great degree (^ft#S)ft/,, ft#, UP/,, UP#, t: Don’t look so angry. $ij UP # H H1 ?+ 0 0 There’s no need to worry so. A # Jl ft # H ;§. 0          0 She spoke so

quietly (that) I could hardly hear her.  /Ift

D/r A JE, o 0 I’m not so stupid as to believe that. *£ A ftftfimftUP#ftJ it fP +0 ft o O {formal, especially BrE) Would you be so kind as to lock the door when you leave? if ft ft (A ft H fit ±7? ®i ? 2 very; extremely IS; M: I’m so glad to see you. ft M # MM Mo 0 We have so much to do. fJcfHW0 Their attitude is so very English. fMlW&Jf         0

The article was just so much (= nothing but) nonsense.

M X M 1$ W jl #1 i£ A il o o (BrE) He sat there ever so quietly, fife# ft ft Hfe ftTE UP JL 0 0 (BrE) I do love it so. h X ft J§ A # Xfc W 7 o 3 not r ... (as ...) (used in comparisons ft A tt t&) not to the same degree A #P ■ • • ( ft /, •••,) ; Aft ■■■ ( UP# ••• ) : I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for a long time. AW ft/,'&/§

, To 0 It wasn’t so good as last time. ft#CA£fl-kfft#?° 0 It’s not so easy as you’d think. A {$ f7 i® W UP /, W J? o 0 He was not so quick a learner as his brother. flfe^ftjSiA flHlfenf ftUP /,ft0 0 It’s not so much a hobby as a career (= more like a career than a hobby). ftAWi&ftftit, A M i#J!?Rifeo 0 (disapproving) Off she went without so much as (= without even) a ‘goodbye’. MftF IIP A ft 7 0 4 used to show the size, amount or number of sth (         ) ft/,, UP/,: The fish

was about so big (= said when using your hands to show the size). UP M H 7 ^ W ft /, -ft <, 0 There are only so many (= only a limited number of) hours in a day. — A Aftft (a.ftf/fetfo 5 used to refer back to sth that has already been mentioned (   ) ft

#, jlPilt: ‘Is he coming?’ ‘I hope so.’ “flfeftffi5r? ”

flfe^So ” 0 ‘Did they mind?’ ‘I don’t think so.’ “fife Cl W AW ft M ?      “ $c ®;A W o ” 0// she notices, she

never says so.       MiM&’ftAAo 0 I might

be away next week. If so, I won’t be able to see you. ft S

iumftfi^fto ^jiup#,         owe are

very busy—so much so that we won’t be able to take time off this year. (M'lt — ft f# A ft #P A H fnf ftfg To 0 Programs are expensive, and even more so if you have to keep altering them. AtfcfTfSit,

UP He fl in 7 o 0 1 hear that you’re a writer—is that so

(= is that true)?           JUftr? O He thinks

I dislike him but that just isn’t so. fife IM AfSiU'A fife, ft fk UP /, 0 ft o 0 George is going to help me, or so he

says (= that is what he says).              fife lift/,

i£ Eft o 0 They asked me to call them and I did so (= I called), lifeline Sc PH fife 111, AJifSHfenH 7„ 6 also ft: Times have changed and so have I. WAX 7 , Scft^ To O ‘I prefer the first version. ’ ‘So do we. ’ “ Sc H A W>^io ” “ScfHftJio ” fnwra You cannot use so with negative verbs. Use neither or either : ‘I’m not hungry. ’ ‘Neither am I / I’m not very hungry either. ’ * so ftft^ialftt^ftA&fto ^ftftft neither ^either: ‘I’m not hungry.’ ‘Neither am 1/ I’m not very hungry either.’ 7 used to agree that sth is true, especially when you are surprised ( lf)& ) Wfilinilb:

‘You were there, too. ’ ‘So I was—I’d forgotten. ’ “ ft lit

ffcft'&UP/Lo ” “fiW        Sc^f^To ” o ‘There’s

another one.’ ‘So there is.’ “ jft W — ft 0 ” “ ft ft ft „ ” 8 (informal) used, often with a negative, before adjectives and noun phrases to emphasize sth that you are saying ( #%ft:fti^^ft, STU2Wiulfn£ifl|®i#i!U H ) : He is so not the right person for you. ftfe liftA^/Uftliftf^o O That is so not cool. UP^Eft^, 9 (informal) used, especially by children, to say

that what sb says is not the case and the opposite is true ( JLSftft    ) f)lfi , ft: ‘You’re not

telling the truth, are you?’ ‘I am, sol’ “ f/E ft (ft ft ft fT i$,      ” “fcft^if, fcft! ” 10 used when

you are showing sb how to do sth or telling them how sth happened (      ) ftff: Stand with

your arms out, so. Mff  0 (literary) So

it was that he finally returned home.    , flfe^T [U

HJ T^o n»Tin and so forth | and so on (and so forth) used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way ^: We discussed everything— when to go, what to see and so on. flc flT ft IP ® it il

T             ftAWf^ft, •• or so used after a

number, an amount, etc. to show that it is not exact •• • /E ft-; ■ ■ • ± ft': There were twenty or so (= about twenty) people there. UPJLftfHft^TlftTAo o We stayed for an hour or so. f£lNf#T  so as

to do sth with the intention of doing sth ATfftftft; ftfUfi&ftft: We went early so as to get good seats, ftj T d&i'Jfff $cfnftftfcA7o so 'be it {formal) used to show that you accept sth and will not try to change it or cannot change it (   ) IftUP#£F 7: If he

doesn’t want to be involved, then so be it. ^ ft fife ft i®# -ft, UPfc^iflfePfJfJI^To ,so much for 'sth 1 used to show that you have finished talking about sth ( ftftftftT )   ••■iUlltAlfcr So much

for the situation in Germany. Now we turn our attention to France.   iTEfcfll

PU ft ft o 2 {informal) used to suggest that sth has not been successful or useful (      ) f£H£F

7, M 7: So much for that idea! j& gij ^ UP ^7 ± M 7 ! so . . that (formal) in such a way that ft.# • • • A &(l ft; #P itb • • • M: The programme has been so organized that none of the talks overlap. 0  ffe 7 ft 7' ^ f#, ft ^

< (all) the 'more so because ... used to give an important extra reason why sth is true ( His achievement is

remarkable; all the more so because he had no help at aii. iifew$fcftftift-0;

MfiftJlo

mconj. 1 used to show the reason for sth ( fkm S ft A ft ) @ lit, Jft VJ,: It was still painful so I went to see a

doctor, mmimm,    2 - (that...)

used to show the result of sth ( 31 -tb£q M ) Sltfe, 0r 1H: Nothing more was heard from him so that we began to wonder if he was dead. Jit # ft: 3\ fife PfJ 'M ft, ft ft ffefnft^ft^ftfeftftft^ET o 3 ~ (that ...) used to show the purpose of sth . (  @ PfJ ) A 7, IMfft: But I gave

you a map so you wouldn’t get lost! fft — UK M ® !   0 She worked hard so that everything

would be ready in time.  tfeftH, Aft —*'feO

SWIliIff o 4 used to introduce the next part of a story (ft I th ft A ) : So after shouting and screaming for an hour she walked out in tears. Heft#, X^XpH 7“*ftft Btft , (life     ft7 ft ft o 5 (informal) used to show

that you think sth is not important, especially after sb has criticized you for it (      AfflftX

i&fife AdfJtB In frf ) : So I had a couple of drinks on the way home. What’s wrong with that? ficftftft^ ftPiTMlfo ftfti&P®? O ‘You’ve been smoking again.’ ‘So?’ “ ifi A X M 7 c ”   “ X IS 'A i® ? ”

6                  {informal) used to introduce a comment or a question

( 31 £tH¥ ) : So, let’s see. What do we need to

take? UP/,, AM m,    0 So, what

have you been doing today? UP f/P A A fP ft ft /, 7 ?

7                  {informal) used when you are making a final state­ment ( ^ l       ) : So, that’s it for today. #, ft A

He Wi f!l ft M o 8 (informal) used in questions to refer to sth that has just been said ( iftft ft ft fa W\ $ ife ^ ) : So there’s nothing we can do about it? ft

mi He-ft Aft AW 7 ? 0 ‘I’ve just got back from a trip to Rome.’ ‘So, how was it?’ “ 3$ A 7 M V ft , W\ 0 fto ” “ftP^r? IS A#? ” 9 used when stating that two events, situations, etc. are similar ( Ih       A

ft ft ft M ) : Just as large companies are having to cut back, so small businesses are being forced to close. A ft

DMI so'what?

{informal) used to show that you think sth is not