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11 PHRASE If you say that something happens no thanks to a particular person or thing, you mean that they did not help it to happen, or that it happened in spite of them. □ [+ to ] It is no thanks to the Government that net assets did rise.

thank|ful /θæ ŋkfʊl/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ that] When you are thankful , you are very happy and relieved that something has happened. □  Most of the time I'm just thankful that I've got a job. [Also + for ]

thank|ful|ly /θæ ŋkfʊli/ ADV You use thankfully in order to express approval or happiness about a statement that you are making. □  Thankfully, she was not injured.

thank|less /θæ ŋkləs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a job or task as thankless , you mean that it is hard work and brings very few rewards. □  Soccer referees have a thankless task.

thanks|giving /θæ ŋksg I v I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Thanksgiving is the giving of thanks to God, especially in a religious ceremony. □  The Prince's unexpected recovery was celebrated with a thanksgiving service in St Paul's.

Thanks|giving (Thanksgivings ) N‑VAR In the United States, Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a public holiday on the fourth Thursday in November. It was originally a day when people celebrated the end of the harvest and thanked God for it.

thank|you /θæ ŋkjuː/ (thankyous ) also thank-you

1 N‑COUNT [oft N n] If you refer to something as a thankyou for what someone has done for you, you mean that it is intended as a way of thanking them. □  The surprise gift is a thankyou for our help. □  …a thank-you note.

2 → see also thank

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➊ that ◆◆◆ /ðæ t/

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1 PRON You use that to refer back to an idea or situation expressed in a previous sentence or sentences. □  They said you particularly wanted to talk to me. Why was that? □  Some feared Germany might raise its interest rates. That could have set the scene for a confrontation with the U.S. ● DET That is also a determiner. □  Their main aim is to support you when making a claim for medical treatment. For that reason the claims procedure is as simple and helpful as possible.

2 DET You use that to refer to someone or something already mentioned. □  The Commissioners get between £50,000 and £60,000 a year in various allowances. But that amount can soar to £90,000 a year.

3 DET When you have been talking about a particular period of time, you use that to indicate that you are still referring to the same period. You use expressions such as that morning or that afternoon to indicate that you are referring to an earlier period of the same day. □  The story was published in a Sunday newspaper later that week.

4 PRON You use that in expressions such as that of and that which to introduce more information about something already mentioned, instead of repeating the noun which refers to it. [FORMAL ] □  The cool air and green light made the atmosphere curiously like that of an aquarium.

5 PRON You use that in front of words or expressions which express agreement, responses, or reactions to what has just been said. □  'She said she'd met you in England.'—'That's true.' □  'I've never been to Paris.'—'That's a pity. You should go one day.'

6 DET You use that to introduce a person or thing that you are going to give details or information about. [FORMAL ] □  In my case I chose that course which I considered right.