/ˈiːvən/
Translation
Used to show that something is surprising or more than expected.
Examples
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"Even" shows that working on Sundays is surprising.
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"Even" shows the cold is more than you would expect.
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"Even" shows that saying hello was the least we expected.
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(4)Grammar articles
(22)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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