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Translation

especially, mainly, above all

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Examples

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I love all books, especially the old ones.

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He came mainly to see you.

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The weather was fine, especially in the morning.

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It is especially important that you stay calm.

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She likes music, especially that of the countryside.

comes off , meaning chief or principal, and it sits directly before whatever it is singling out. says almost exactly the same thing and the two are largely interchangeable, though leans a shade more towards "chiefly" and towards "above all". Keep it apart from , which marks something as special in kind rather than picking one item out of a list, and from , which stresses separateness. If in doubt, is the safe general-purpose choice.

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 3: precipe, vana, interna and 7 more words.