sort of

biraz, az çok

Çok fazla olmayan, az miktarda veya düşük derecede.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A little, without being very much.

• I am sort of tired.
• She was sort of hungry after the walk.
• Are you sort of worried about tomorrow?

Nasıl kullanılır: sort of + adjective (I feel sort of nervous.)

Eş anlamlılar: a little, slightly, somewhat, kind of

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sort of tired, sort of hungry

bir bakıma, bir nevi

Bir tanımın gerçeğe yakın olduğunu ama tam olarak uymadığını belirtir.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Used when a description is close to the truth but not completely right.

• It is sort of like a hotel.
• He was sort of my boss, though we worked as equals.
• We sort of won, because the other team stopped playing.

Nasıl kullanılır: sort of like someone/something (The game is sort of like chess.)

Eş anlamlılar: in a way, kind of, more or less

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sort of like, sort of a friend, sort of agree, sort of understand