#️⃣#Well /wel/ #adverb
💢do well
🅰️to be successful, especially in work or business:
🔹He’s doing very well at college.
🔹Elizabeth’s done well for herself since she moved to London.
🅱️if someone who has been ill is doing well, they are becoming healthy again:
🔹He had the operation yesterday, and he’s doing very well.
💢as well ➡️ in addition to something or someone else:
🔹Why don’t you come along as well?
📚#Register:
🗣As well is used mostly in #spoken_English.
✍🏻In #written_English, people usually prefer to use also:
🔹Parents are also welcome.
💢as well as something/somebody ➡️ in addition to something or someone else:
🔹They own a house in France as well as a villa in Spain.
💢as well as doing something
🔹The organization gives help and support to people in need, as well as raising money for local charities.
💢may/might/could well ➡️ used to say that something is likely to happen or is likely to be true:
🔹What you say may well be true.
🔹You could try the drugstore, but it might well be closed by now.
💢may/might/could (just) as well
🅰️#informal ➡️ used when you do not particularly want to do something but you decide you should do it:
🔹I suppose we may as well get started.
🅱️used to mean that another course of action would have an equally good result:
🔹The taxi was so slow we might just as well have gone on the bus.
💢can’t very well (do something) ➡️ used to say that you cannot do something because it would be unacceptable:
🔹I can’t very well tell him we don’t want him at the party!
💢know full/perfectly well ➡️ used to say that someone does know something even though they are behaving as if they do not:
🔹You know full well what I mean.
💢be well away #British_English #informal
🅰️to be making good progress:
🔹If we can get that grant from the local authority, we’ll be well away.
🅱️to be very drunk
💢be well in with somebody #informal ➡️ to have a friendly relationship with someone, especially someone important:
🔹She’s very well in with members of the management committee.
💢be well out of something #British_English #spoken ➡️ to be lucky to no longer be involved in a particular situation
💢be well up in/on something #informal especially #British_English ➡️ to know a lot about a particular subject:
🔹Geoff’s always been well up on the lnternet.
💢as well somebody might/may #formal ➡️ used to say that there is a good reason for someone’s feelings or reactions:
🔹Marilyn looked guilty, as well she might.
💢do well by somebody #informal ➡️ to treat someone generously
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💢do well
🅰️to be successful, especially in work or business:
🔹He’s doing very well at college.
🔹Elizabeth’s done well for herself since she moved to London.
🅱️if someone who has been ill is doing well, they are becoming healthy again:
🔹He had the operation yesterday, and he’s doing very well.
💢as well ➡️ in addition to something or someone else:
🔹Why don’t you come along as well?
📚#Register:
🗣As well is used mostly in #spoken_English.
✍🏻In #written_English, people usually prefer to use also:
🔹Parents are also welcome.
💢as well as something/somebody ➡️ in addition to something or someone else:
🔹They own a house in France as well as a villa in Spain.
💢as well as doing something
🔹The organization gives help and support to people in need, as well as raising money for local charities.
💢may/might/could well ➡️ used to say that something is likely to happen or is likely to be true:
🔹What you say may well be true.
🔹You could try the drugstore, but it might well be closed by now.
💢may/might/could (just) as well
🅰️#informal ➡️ used when you do not particularly want to do something but you decide you should do it:
🔹I suppose we may as well get started.
🅱️used to mean that another course of action would have an equally good result:
🔹The taxi was so slow we might just as well have gone on the bus.
💢can’t very well (do something) ➡️ used to say that you cannot do something because it would be unacceptable:
🔹I can’t very well tell him we don’t want him at the party!
💢know full/perfectly well ➡️ used to say that someone does know something even though they are behaving as if they do not:
🔹You know full well what I mean.
💢be well away #British_English #informal
🅰️to be making good progress:
🔹If we can get that grant from the local authority, we’ll be well away.
🅱️to be very drunk
💢be well in with somebody #informal ➡️ to have a friendly relationship with someone, especially someone important:
🔹She’s very well in with members of the management committee.
💢be well out of something #British_English #spoken ➡️ to be lucky to no longer be involved in a particular situation
💢be well up in/on something #informal especially #British_English ➡️ to know a lot about a particular subject:
🔹Geoff’s always been well up on the lnternet.
💢as well somebody might/may #formal ➡️ used to say that there is a good reason for someone’s feelings or reactions:
🔹Marilyn looked guilty, as well she might.
💢do well by somebody #informal ➡️ to treat someone generously
#Vocabulary
#Essential_English_words
@PMPerfect1