informal, idioms
1/ a large amount
They lost an awful lot of money.
She does an awful of talking.
2/ very much
I like him an awful lot.
[uncountable] work that people have to do at night, for example in a hospital or sheltered home
to be on night duty
night shift: a period in the night during which a particular group of people work: ca đêm
People who work on the night shift are paid more.
I've been asked to work the night shift next week.
C2: something to be likely or able to be believed
a plausible explanation/excuse: một lời xin lỗi/giải thích có thể tin (tưởng)
She gave a plausible excuse for why she arrived late.
B2:
partly: một phần, phần nào; ở một mức độ nào đó
He was only partly responsible for the incident: Cậu ta chịu một phần nào về sự cố.
To some extent, she was responsible for the accident. Ở một mức độ nào đó, cô ta nhận trách về vụ tai nạn.
The government relies on focus groups to some extent when deciding policy: Chính phủ dựa vào các nhóm chức năng một phần nào đó khi đưa ra chính sách.
to look after one another: chăm sóc lẫn nhau.
Ex: The Church is a family and the Bible teaches us to look after one another.