See so far in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "So far, nothing unusual has happened.",
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"text": "―How are your driving lessons? ―So far, pretty good.",
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"Until now; previously; yet."
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"(idiomatic) Until now; previously; yet."
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"_dis1": "15 85",
"word": "so close, and yet so far"
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"sense": "so far so good",
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"text": "Don’t expect a long walk. You can only go so far in that direction.",
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"ref": "1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.",
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"ref": "2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:",
"text": "British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.",
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"word": "so close, and yet so far"
},
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"sense": "so far so good",
"word": "so far so bad"
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"text": "So far, nothing unusual has happened.",
"type": "example"
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"text": "―How are your driving lessons? ―So far, pretty good.",
"type": "example"
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"Until now; previously; yet."
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"(idiomatic) Until now; previously; yet."
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"ref": "1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.",
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"ref": "2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:",
"text": "British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.",
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"(idiomatic) A limited distance, literal or metaphorical."
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"sense": "until now",
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{
"word": "thus far"
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"word": "hitherto"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥattā l-ʔāna",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "حَتَّى الْآنَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dosegá",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "досега́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "fins ara"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "到目前為止"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dào mùqián wéizhǐ",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "到目前为止"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qìjīn",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "迄今"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "迄今為止"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qìjīn wéizhǐ",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "迄今为止"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhìjīn",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "至今"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "doposud"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "až dosud"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hidtil"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "tot nu toe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "tot zover"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "tot dusver"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "totnogtoe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "tot hiertoe"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "tähän mennessä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "toistaiseksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "jusqu’à maintenant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "jusqu’à présent"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "jusqu’alors"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "akamde",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "აქამდე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "bislang"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "bisher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "bis jetzt"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "עד כה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "idáig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "eddig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "mindeddig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "mostanáig"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "go dtí seo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "finora"
},
{
"alt": "いままで",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ima-made",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "今まで"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kore-made",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "これまで"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kore-made-no tokoro",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "これまでのところ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeotae",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "여태"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jigeumkkaji",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "지금까지"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "heya vêga"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "heta niha"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "adhūc"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hactenus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "dumtaxat"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "iki šiol"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hittil"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "så langt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hittil"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "så langt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "dotychczas"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "dotąd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "até agora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poká što",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "пока́ что"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "do six pór",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "до сих по́р"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poká",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "пока́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na dánnyj momént",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "на да́нный моме́нт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na nastojáščij momént",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "на настоя́щий моме́нт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "préžde",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "пре́жде"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponýne",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "поны́не"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "donýne",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "доны́не"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "thuige seo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "dosad"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "doposiaľ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "doteraz"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "do zdaj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hasta ahora"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hasta la fecha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hasta aquí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hasta este momento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "por el momento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "por ahora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hittills"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "än så länge"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poky ščo",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "поки що"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dósi",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "до́сі"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poký",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "поки́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "narázi",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "нара́зі"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "na dányj momént",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "на да́ний моме́нт"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "na sʹohódni",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "на сього́дні"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hozircha"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hozirgi paytda"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "avval"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "avvallari"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "oldin"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "oldinlari"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "until now; previously; yet",
"word": "hyd yn hyn"
}
],
"word": "so far"
}
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