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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
to the effect that …
to the effect that… | to this/that efˈfect idiom used to show that you are giving the general meaning of what sb has said or written rather than the exact words • He left a note to the effect that he would not be coming back. •She told me to get out— or words to that effect. Main entry: ↑effectidiom
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