of course

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

of course idiom
1. (also course) (informal)used to emphasize that what you are saying is true or correct
• ‘Don't you like my mother?’ ‘Of course I do!’
• ‘Will you be there?’ ‘Course I will.’
2. (also course) (informal)used as a polite way of giving sb permission to do sth
• ‘Can I come, too?’ ‘Course you can.’
• ‘Can I have one of those pens?’ ‘Of course— help yourself.’
3. (informal)used as a polite way of agreeing with what sb has just said
• ‘I did all I could to help.’ ‘Of course,’ he murmured gently.
4. used to show that what you are saying is not surprising or is generally known or accepted
• Ben, of course, was the last to arrive.
• Of course, there are other ways of doing this.
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