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29 Nov 2022
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Hi.
I came across a sentence, "Just find him and apologize already.
Here's my question: I don't understand why "already" is used. Does the speaker tell the listener that she should apologize to him, because she didn't apologize? So why "already"?
Please teach me.
Hi.
I came across a sentence, "Just find him and apologize already.
Here's my question: I don't understand why "already" is used. Does the speaker tell the listener that she should apologize to him, because she didn't apologize? So why "already"?
Please teach me.
I came across a sentence, "Just find him and apologize already.
Here's my question: I don't understand why "already" is used. Does the speaker tell the listener that she should apologize to him, because she didn't apologize? So why "already"?
Please teach me.
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already is added to
1)stress that you should have known that you should apologize
2)give advice to do something you have not done yet
3)to show an annoyance that you haven't done the action yet
example
did you clean your room yet?
no.
well get it cleaned already!
in this example you can see how all three possibilities that i listen can apply.
one can be annoyed that they didnt clean their room so they are saying get it done now, one can be giving advice that the person should clean their room right now , or they are stressing that their room should have been clean and they should not have to be told to clean it.
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It kind of means "immediately", or "do it now", or "and hurry up about it", or "stop delaying".
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사전적 의미는 이렇습니다
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/...
... already!
idiom humorous informal mainly US
used to show that you are losing patience and want someone to stop doing something or to do something more quickly:
* Enough already! I heard you the first time!
* Just ask him already!
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우리나라말로 하면,
진작했어야지. 아직도 안 했어? 빨리해
Just find him and apologize already.
아니 진작 사과했어야지. 빨리 사과해.
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