#️⃣#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?

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🗣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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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #interjection


💢EMPHASIZING SOMETHING ➡️ used to emphasize something you are saying:

🔹Well, I think it’s a good idea anyway.

🔹Well, I’ve had enough and I’m going home!

🔹‘James doesn’t want to come to the cinema with us.’ ‘Well then, let’s go on our own.’

💢PAUSING ➡️ used to pause or give yourself time to think before saying something:

🔹Well, let’s see now, I could meet you on Thursday.

💢ACCEPTING A SITUATION (also oh well) ➡️ used to show that you accept a situation even though you feel disappointed or annoyed about it:

🔹Well, I did my best – I can’t do any more than that.

🔹Oh well, we’ll just have to cancel the holiday, I suppose.

💢SHOWING SURPRISE (also well, well, (well)) ➡️ used to express surprise or amusement:

🔹Well, so Steve got the job?

🔹Well, well, well, I didn’t think I’d see you here.

💢SHOWING ANGER ➡️ used to express anger or disapproval:

🔹Well, she could at least have phoned to say she wasn’t coming!

💢FINAL REMARK ➡️ used to show that you are about to finish speaking or doing something:

🔹Well, that’s all for today.
🔹Well, that’s the last one done.

💢EXPRESSING DOUBT ➡️ used to show that you are not sure about something:

🔹‘Will you be in on Friday evening?’ ‘Well, it depends.’

💢CHANGING SOMETHING ➡️ used to slightly change something that you have said:

🔹He’s rolling in money! Well, he’s got a lot more than me, anyway.

💢AGREEING very well ➡️ #formal used to show that you agree with an idea or accept a suggestion:

🔹‘Very well,’ he said. ‘I accept.’

💢CONTINUING A STORY ➡️ used to continue a story you are telling people, especially in order to make it seem more interesting:

🔹You know that couple I was telling you about the other day? Well, last night I saw a police car in front of their house!

💢ASKING A QUESTION Well? ➡️ used to ask someone to answer a question you have asked them, when you are angry with them:

🔹Well? What have you got to say for yourself?


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #adjective (comparative better, superlative best)


💢healthy:

🔹‘How are you?’ ‘Very well, thanks.’
🔹I don’t feel very well.
🔹You’re looking very well.
🔹I hope you get well again soon.

💢it’s just as well (that) ➡️ #spoken ➡️ used to say that things have happened in a good or fortunate way:

🔹It’s just as well I kept some money aside for emergencies.

💢it’s/that’s all very well, but ... #spoken ➡️ used to say that something seems to be a good idea, but is not really possible or helpful:

🔹It’s all very well the doctors telling me I’ve got to rest, but who’s going to look after my children?

💢that’s/it’s all well and good #spoken especially #British_English ➡️ used to say that something is good or enjoyable, but it also has some disadvantages:

🔹Going off on foreign holidays is all well and good, but you’ve got to get back to reality sometime.

💢it might/would be as well #spoken ➡️ used to give someone advice or make a helpful suggestion:

🔹It might be as well to make him rest for a few days.

💢all is well/all is not well formal used to say that a situation is satisfactory or not satisfactory:

🔹All is not well with their marriage.

💢all’s well that ends well ➡️ used to say that a difficult situation has ended with a good result. It is the title of a humorous play by William Shakespeare about the relationship between the two main characters, Helena and Bertram.


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #noun [countable]


1️⃣a deep hole in the ground from which people take water:

🔹She lowered her bucket into the well.

2️⃣an oil well

3️⃣the space in a tall building where the stairs are


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ (also well up) #verb [intransitive] #literary


🅰️if a liquid wells or wells up, it comes to the surface of something and starts to flow out:

🔹I felt tears well up in my eyes.

🅱️if a feeling wells or wells up in you, you start to feel it strongly:

🔹Anger welled up within him.


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