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n|Sf&: Add the lemon juice and mix well. ft#

M £j „ o The surface must be well prepared before you start to paint. — 0

How well do you know Carla? 7 ft? ? 0 He’s

well able to take care of himself, ® 2t₀ O (BrE,

informal) I was well annoyed, I can tell you. ⁿE, flcJPBtHfT'To 3 to a great extent or degree fH;

^; A*i&; esjzg: He was driving at well over the speed limit, H3f i XPlUo 0 a

well-loved tale 0 The castle is well worth

a visit. &o He liked her well enough (= to a reasonable degree) but he wasn’t going to make a close friend of her. J,

4 can/could ~ easily WJUtb,; She could

well afford to pay for it herself. i@

5 can/could/may/might ~ probably fB njf^: You may well be right. rJ #J₀ 0 It may well be that the train is delayed. A^tl^il^ATo 6 can/could/may/ might ~ with good reason I can’t

very well leave now. JFA* pf ilu 01 couldn’t

very well refuse to help them, could I? flJHM]. 0 ‘What are we doing here?’ ‘You may

well ask (= I don’t really know either).’ “ffc'fn&j&JLT

tt&W? ” “faMtirtT i ) . ” EMIas

well (as sb/sth) in addition to sb/sth; too

til; xE: Are they coming as well? 0 They

sell books as well as newspapers. ftMn®fil?tltil^4$₀ o She is a talented musician as well as being a photographer.

o note at also be doing 'well to be getting healthier after an illness; to be in good health after a birth ( ^ IB ) IS, (J^fs ) Mother and

baby are doing well. -^TT-^Co (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a .sheep as (for) a lamb (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing AftlfrHi;

SYNONYMS EJfcElHWr

well

all right ♦ OK ♦ fine ♦ healthy ♦ strong ♦ fit

These words all describe sb who is not ill and is in good

health. ###.

well [not usually before noun] (rather informal) in good health ftftli, ##£jP: I’m not feeling very well.

» o Is he well enough to travel?

£,#, EEHi Well is used especially to

talk about your own health, to ask sb about their health or to make a comment on it. * well ®

all right [not before noun] {rather informal) not feeling ill; not injured Are you feeling all right?

OK [not before noun] (informal) not feeling ill; not injured Sllft: She

says she’s OK now, and will be back at work tomorrow.

ALL RIGHT OR OK? all right 3S OK ?

These words are slightly less positive than the other words in this group. They are both used in spoken English to talk about not actually being ill or injured, rather than being positively in good health. Both are rather informal but OK is slightly more informal than all right. m

OK Sail right 3

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fine [not before noun] (not used in negative statements) {rather informal) completely well ( ) it

INNS#?, #0: ‘How are you?’‘Fine, thanks.’

? ” “fit#?, ijfitfo ” KMH=i Fine is used especially

—•*#, be well on the way to sth/doing sth

to have nearly achieved sth and be going to achieve it soon BP ^ l!j; 3# 3? J5& : She is well on the way to

recovery. MtXm M'M.T o o He is well on the way to establishing himself among the top ten players in the world. be .well

'out of sth {BrE, informal) to be lucky that you are not involved in sth XX.’, ^TT&^^A be .well

'up in sth to know a lot about sth )|#®; He’s

well up in all the latest developments.

MW RUT o do ' well to be successful xfj_:

Jack is doing very well at school.

31 do 'well by sb to treat sb generously IN#; W. $iM$f do 'well for yourself to become successful or rich do 'well out of sb/sth to make a

profit or get money from sb/sth #ij T; M. • ■ • + Wi

It do well to do sth to be sensible or wise to do sth ]$•• • PUH? ( lijcf&Wj ) : He would do well to concentrate more on his work. _o

You did well to sell when the price was high. Ep&’ffrU i^i M PIUSE leave/let well a'lone {BrE) {NAmE let well enough alone) to not get involved in sth that does not concern you A WpKl 9-; ♦ iUiSJtt®:

When it comes to other people’s arguments, it’s better to leave well alone. i§ 3\ 5*1 A #- Bt, H I'] 1® Bjf „ may/ might Gust) as well do sth to do sth because it seems best in the situation that you are in, although you may not really want to do it ••• fij ■& JcW; H ( #£ ^ ) : If no one else wants it, we might as well give it to him. .well and

'truly {informal) completely By that time

we were well and truly lost.

'well away {BrE, informal) 1 having made good progress WA® : If we got Terry to do that, we’d

be well away.

2 drunk or fast asleep Ml?; fftSt .well 'in (with sb) {informal) to be good friends with sb, especially sb important f] ( ) (ftAflB: She seems to be well

in with all the right people.

to talk about your health, especially when sb asks you how you are. It is also used to talk about sb’s health when you are talking to sb else. Unlike well it is not often used to ask sb about their health or make a comment on it. * fine ®JJ&$] AWi^d,

I„ if well*-#, fine R^&jfeMWmR- Are-you keeping fine?

healthy in good health and not likely to become ill ElBft, tttt: Keep healthy by exercising regularly.

strong in good health and not suffering from an illness If Hit _s MWtT: After a few weeks she was feeling stronger. 7₀ CBQ1 Strong is

often used to talk about becoming healthy again after an illness. * strong

fit {especially BrE) in good physical health, especially because you take regular physical exercise X

It i$f: / go swimming every day in

order to keep fit.

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS

■ all right/OK/fit for sth

■ all right/OK/fit to do sth

■ to be/seem/look/feel well/all right/OK/fine/healthy/ strong/fit

■ to keep (sb) well/healthy/strong/fit

■ a healthy/fit man/woman

m perfectly/completely well/all right/OK/fine/healthy/ strong/fit

■ very/extremely/quite/fairly well/healthy/strong/fit

et physically well/fine/healthy/strong/fit

fit and well