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English
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
at that
- (idiomatic) In addition to what has been said; furthermore; moreover.
He went to a famous school, and a good one at that.
1964 September, “New Books: A History of Russian Railways. By J. N. Westwood. Allen & Unwin. 45s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222:One would have expected something more perfected from a don—and a lecturer at McGill at that.
- (idiomatic) Now that it has been mentioned.
2004, Susan Volland, Love and Meatballs, page 62:"Someone needs to get these naive kids up to speed on what goes on in the real world." I spoon-fed him some more sugar. "And it sounds like you're just the man to do it."
"Maybe I am. Maybe I am at that."
- (idiomatic) Thereupon; directly after, and as a result of, that.
2012, Andrew Lang, King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table:[…] he heard the birds sing, and at that he felt comforted.
Translations
in addition
- Bulgarian: при това́ (pri tová)
- Dutch: ook (nl), nog wel, nog ... ook
- Finnish: sen puoleen, vieläpä (fi), -kin (fi)
- French: avec ça, aussi (fr), en plus (fr)
- Hungarian: méghozzá (hu), ráadásul (hu), sőt (hu), a tetejébe, mi több, éspedig (hu), mégpedig (hu)
- Norwegian: også (no)
- Polish: przy tym (pl)
- Russian: при э́том (ru) (pri étom), к тому́ же (ru) (k tomú že)
- Swedish: också (sv), dessutom (sv)
- Welsh: gyda hyn
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