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1 ?similar?
2 what is somebody/something like?
3 ?example?
4 ?typical?
5 like this/that/so
6 just like that
7 something like
8 nothing like
9 there's nothing like
10 more like
11 that's more like it/this is more like it
12 more like it
13 what are you like!
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[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: LIKE6]
?SIMILAR?
similar to something else, or happening in the same way
::Her hair is dark brown like mine.
::A club should be like a big family.
::He eats like a pig!
look/sound/feel/taste/seem like
::The garden looked like a jungle.
::At last he felt like a real soldier.
::My experience is very much like that described in the book.
::He's very like his brother.
::Sometimes you sound just like (=exactly like) my mum!
::He's growing more like his father every day.
::He looked nothing like (=not at all like) the man in the police photograph.
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what is sb/sth like?
spoken used when asking someone to describe or give their opinion of a person or thing
::What's their house like inside?
::What are Dan's parents like?
?EXAMPLE?
for example
:: Things like glass, paper, and plastic can all be recycled.
::Try to avoid fatty foods like cakes and biscuits.
?TYPICAL?
typical of a particular person
be like sb to do sth
::It's not like Steven to be late.
::It's just like her to run away from her responsibilities!
like this/that/so
spoken used when you are showing someone how to do something
::You have to fold the corners back, like so.
just like that
informal if you do something just like that, you do it without thinking about it or planning it carefully
::You can't give up your job just like that!
sth like
not much more or less than a particular amount
-synonym about about
::The machinery alone will cost something like thirty thousand pounds.
::He's scored something like 60 goals this season.
nothing like
BrE not at all
::Twenty years ago travel was nothing like as easy as it is now.
::This will be nothing like enough money.
there's nothing like
used to say that a particular thing is very enjoyable
::There's nothing like a nice cup of tea!
more like
used when giving an amount or number that you think is closer to being right than one that has been mentioned
::The builders say they'll be finished in three months, but I think it'll be more like six.
that's more like it/this is more like it
spoken used to say that something is better, more correct, or more enjoyable than something else
::That gives us a total of 52 - that's more like it.
::She sat down by the pool and took a sip of her wine. 'This is more like it,' she said.
more like it
BrE spoken used when you want to change something that has been said, to make it more true
::'Poor David,' she said. 'Poor Harriet, more like it!'
what are you like!
BrE spoken informal used in a joking, friendly way, when you are surprised by what someone has just said or done
::'I think she's a lovely lady.' 'What are you like!'