English Dictionary

so

/səʊ/

conj

Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose; in order that. / With the result that; for that reason; therefore. / Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

I woke up early so I could catch the first train.

意味（1）

Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose; in order that.

I got an earlier train to work so I'd have plenty of time to prepare for the meeting.

意味（2）

With the result that; for that reason; therefore.

Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.

意味（3）

Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

So how does this story end?

意味（4）

Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

“We'd like to visit but I don't know if we can afford a hotel.” — “So who's staying in a hotel? Stay with us.”

意味（5）

(archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.

Speed. ‘Item: She doth talk in her sleep.’

Speed. ‘Item: She doth talk in her sleep.’ Launce. It’s no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk.