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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
At this juncture
At this juncture, I suggest we take a short break.
at this moment in time (=now)
▪ At this moment in time we cannot proceed with the proposal.
at this time of night (=used when something happens very late at night, and you are surprised)
▪ Why are you calling me at this time of night?
at this/that point in timeformal (= used especially in official speeches, announcements etc)
▪ It would be wrong to comment at this point in time.
at this/that point
▪ I’m not prepared at this point to make any decision.
at this/that stage
▪ At this stage his wife did not realise he was missing.
believe this/that nonsense
▪ Don’t tell me you believe all this nonsense about ghosts!
can’t go on like this
▪ I can’t go on like this for much longer.
don’t need this...crap (=used when you are angry about the way someone is behaving towards you)
▪ I don’t need this kind of crap .
In this instance
In this instance I think she was mistaken.
it...come to this
▪ I never thought it would come to this.
just this/that moment (=only a very short time ago)
▪ I had just that moment arrived.
learned this lesson the hard way
▪ Make sure you put the baby’s diaper on before you start feeding her. I learned this lesson the hard way.
of such/this/similar etc magnitude
▪ We did not think the cuts would be of this magnitude.
of this kind
▪ How can we be sure a disaster of this kind will not happen again?
of this/that nature
▪ I never trouble myself with questions of that nature.
put sth like that/this
▪ ‘He's been completely irresponsible.’ ‘I wouldn’t put it quite like that.’
put sth this/that way
▪ Let me put it this way - she's not as young as she was.
right this minute
▪ You don’t have to tell me right this minute.
shuffled off this mortal coil (=died)
▪ when Hubbard shuffled off this mortal coil
step this way (=walk in the direction I am showing you)
▪ Mr. Ives? Please step this way.
such as this/these
▪ There is now a greater awareness of problems such as these.
the/that/this very moment
▪ At that very moment, the doorbell rang.
this afternoon (=today in the afternoon)
▪ I'll come round to your house this afternoon.
this chapter/the present chapter
▪ The present chapter deals with the years leading up to the war.
this evening (=today, in the evening)
▪ I'll phone you this evening.
this Friday
▪ We’re flying to Vienna this Friday.
this Monday
▪ The UK office will open for business this Monday.
this morning (=today in the morning)
▪ What did you do this morning?
this Saturday
▪ What are you doing this Saturday?
this Sunday
▪ There’s another antiques market this Sunday.
this Thursday
▪ Mark and I are driving south this Thursday.
this Tuesday
▪ I’m sorry I can’t make it this Tuesday.
this Wednesday
▪ Come down this Wednesday.
this week
▪ He’ll be in the office this week, so you should give him a call.
this weekend
▪ Are you going sailing this weekend?
this year
▪ She will be eight this year.
this/that sort
▪ We must ensure that this sort of thing does not happen again.
this/that type
▪ He is not suited to this type of work.
this/that very reason
▪ I want everyone to be able to cook my recipes, so for that very reason I chose inexperienced cooks to test them.
this/the other side of the border
▪ Her friend lives on the other side of the border.
with this end in view (=with this thing in mind as an aim)
▪ We need to reduce costs, so with this end in view, the company is switching supplier.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(just) this once
▪ OK, you can stay up till 11, but just this once.
▪ But the smiling man who clutched the real trophy after the game spoke, this once, for everyone.
▪ Carol told Petey this once to help him stop crying so she could take a look.
▪ Hadn't she seen something like this once before? she thought vaguely.
▪ He had sworn this once when he and Adrastus had quarreled and Eriphyle had reconciled them.
▪ Lawyers and supporters of the parents in Orkney questioned both the motives and the methods of this once trusted organisation.
▪ Maybe this once, the world will display itself as immutable.
▪ We've been through this once.
▪ We've done this once or twice before, as I vividly recall.
I hate to say it, but .../I hate to tell you this, but ...
I'll say this/that (much) for sb
▪ And he's got guts, I 'll say that for him.
▪ He was a demon wonder at finding food, I 'll say that for Vern.
▪ I 'll say that for Lorne.
I'll say this/that much for sb/sth
▪ I'll say this much for him, he was consistent until the end.
If I should die, think only this of me:/That there's some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England
a/the/this vale of tears
▪ The world is a vale of tears, a giant ball of dung.
▪ We all know what next occurred-and here we all are, in this vale of tears.
add(ed) to that/this
▪ In some patients, a course of steroids may be added to this drug.
▪ Little new material about research in the field has been added to this new edition.
▪ New words can not be added to this class - hence its name.
▪ Of course, many details could be added to this simple description, but the account offered does capture the general idea.
▪ Other dimensions could be added to this scheme.
▪ Spend some time with Ariel and his magic if you want to add to this tale.
▪ To add to that, he hated her for what he thought she was doing to his sister.
▪ Today's sentence will be added to that.
at this rate
▪ At this rate, I'll lose $30 million by the end of the season.
▪ I calculated miserably-nearly three thousand words at this rate, more than ten pages.
▪ If he keeps blossoming at this rate, too, basketball coaches soon will be pitching tents in his yard.
▪ Indeed, at this rate the City's fears of Labour's policies could make the difference in getting Labour elected.
▪ It was last to start and at this rate, will probably be last to finish.
▪ Police claim that at this rate, the thief could clear out the entire flock of Trafalgar Square pigeons in seven months.
▪ Poor Maud can only totter along at this rate.
▪ To miss the odd target is acceptable, but not finds coming up at this rate and in such a confined area.
▪ Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years' time if they continue to multiply at this rate.
at this time
▪ "Do you have any health insurance?'' "Not at this time.''
▪ Gas prices always go up at this time of year.
▪ I have no further questions at this time, your honor.
▪ It would be difficult at this time to explain all the new regulations.
▪ What are you doing out at this time of night?
▪ His frustration with not carrying the ball at this time of year is as routine as the end of daylight savings time.
▪ His salary at this time was £1,000, and upon leaving the service he received a pension of £600 p.a.
▪ I have no reason to believe at this time that this was anything more than a terribly tragic accident.
▪ It was not uncommon for critics at this time to be engaged in character study and reconstructions of plot and chronology.
▪ No, not the World Series, but the asinine bets politicians make at this time of the year.
▪ Remember that at this time the special eucharistic celebration of Christians took place during the course of a meal of fellowship.
▪ The rejection of the newly mobile toddler may be accentuated if another baby is born at this time.
▪ There were controversies about various forms of Church Government and many sects flourished at this time of religious toleration.
depart this life
failing that/this
▪ A few hours of oblivion probably, but failing that, Faber.
▪ And failing that, have you ever thought of joining a club for single people?
▪ Every failing that we pointed out has since proved to exist: those failings have emerged every year since its implementation.
▪ I would prefer to go in the kop, but failing that I'd like to try the new East stand.
▪ It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.
▪ Look for lush foliage or, failing that, avoid wilted plants or plants with leaves that are starting to brown.
▪ She is determined to make the girls hate losing, or failing that, hate the consequences of losing.
from that/this day/time/moment etc forward
▪ It was resolved that from this day forward they shall be called by the name of the Veterinary College, London.
get this
▪ And the whole thing only cost - get this - $12.95.
▪ For a time after I get this call, I feel bad for him, and for my sister.
▪ I get this big feeling again.
▪ I always attended their concerts to try and work out how he got this effect.
▪ I have often struggled to get this difficult explanation across.
▪ I want to get this club turned in the other direction, like we did the last time.
▪ My getting this malignancy is the last straw, in her opinion.
▪ The point was to get this groove I always had a feel for.
▪ We got ta get this show right before we go into New York.
go down a/this road
▪ They mustn't go down this road again, it could only lead to disaster.
in this/sb's neck of the woods
▪ We don't get much snow in our neck of the woods.
▪ What are you doing in this neck of the woods?
in this/that regard
▪ Last quarter we stated the need for developing a new appraisal system. The department's efforts in this regard have been impressive.
▪ And in this regard there is no doubt that the middle classes of the emerging world have an edge.
▪ And we let him know we understood that and that we expected to receive a comparable benefit for ourselves in that regard.
▪ Henry Fielding was one of those who was annoyed by the poor's presumption in this regard.
▪ I know that in this regard my feeling will be echoed by my hon. Friends with responsibility for Bristol constituencies.
▪ It is well within reason to expect help in this regard in exchange for further financial assistance.
▪ My job with the City of New York was particularly rewarding in that regard.
▪ The second guidance was in respect of roads, and much needed to be done in this regard.
▪ There is no substitute for truly professional practice in this regard.
let's get this show on the road
like this/that/so
▪ Aye, some boys will be like that.
▪ But it was not always like this.
▪ Geniculate, at first glimpse, is something like that.
▪ He was an associate of Neuhaus, and like that legendary figure imparted the richest sense of cultural and human ideals.
▪ How typical of Iris to think of such a detail at a time like this.
▪ It goes like this: 1.
▪ Nothing even remotely like this had ever happened to her before, and she didn't like it.
not in this lifetime
not long for this world
▪ The old corner drugstore is not long for this world.
now hear this!
on that account/on this account
out of this world
▪ He has to be from out of this world to spring all that on me.
sb is not long for this world
that's more like it/this is more like it
the Michael Jacksons/Mother Teresas/Microsofts etc of this world
the best/biggest etc ... this side of sth
this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England
this house
▪ Even places, especially this house whose air is thick with the past.
▪ He was born in this house, third room on the end, 75 years ago this July.
▪ If this house were a score it would sing of all that is best in modern music.
▪ Leave this house on the instant!
▪ Most of this house was here when my father came in 1911.
▪ Mostly, I am to tend to this house.
▪ The gallery on this house on Church Hill was probably part of larger farm buildings facing the meadows.
▪ You see, this house is mine now.
this instant
▪ Come here this instant!
▪ And as for rushing off this instant, there's no need.
▪ But even at this instant, something relaxed in me.
▪ But this instant information has come at a cost.
▪ Despite this instant recall, however, a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since we lifted the trophy.
▪ Get down from there this instant.
▪ In this instant, a stronger bit might help with the strong horse to stop him running through the rider's hand.
▪ Now was the time for other things-for the next thing-for figuring out what to do now, this instant.
▪ You hie yourself into your room this instant, and remove those -- clothes.
this is it
▪ But I have to tell you, this is it.
▪ But if you want state-of-the art, this is it.
▪ Cancer has taught me that life isn't a dress rehearsal, this is it and you only get the one chance.
▪ I think this is it for him.
▪ If ever more evidence were needed to confirm that Michael Jackson is truly washed up, this is it.
▪ If rugby ever had an own-goal masquerading as a laudable aim this is it.
▪ Okay, so this is it.
▪ Yet if ever there was a time to put the record straight, this is it.
this is the life
▪ She felt marvellously well. 34 Ah, this is the life, this is the life.
this means war
this minute
▪ Get back in your room this minute.
▪ You don't have to tell me right this minute.
▪ He was also, if only for this minute, hers.
▪ Horace is right this minute painting the kitchen.
▪ I see, on re-reading this minute, that I promised further sections on the weekend and holidays.
▪ If he was here this minute I would feel like killing him.
▪ If John walked through the door this minute, she wondered if she would be able to resist taking him back.
▪ Leslie knew dying was going on out there this minute.
▪ There is again something about the tone of this minute that strikes me.
▪ Well she would put that right now, this minute!
this side of Christmas/midnight etc
this/that leads (me) to sth
▪ Anything less than that leads to what the theistic traditions frequently refer to as idolatry.
▪ But the priority is to get off a path that leads to more and more isolation.
▪ It is this that leads to the dependency culture predominant among deaf people in integrated education.
▪ It was a straight road, the kind of road that leads to a temple or a sacred monument.
▪ So that leads me to think that these sorts of events are not particularly uncommon.
▪ Then the operatives are more likely to make mistakes when set-ups are constantly changing, and that leads to increased wastage.
▪ This is the scene that leads to the Giza plateau.
▪ Those same lessons apply to changing our attitude from one that leads to failure to one that leads to success.
this/that puppy
▪ How do you shut this puppy off?
▪ Use the lane and follow that puppy, that glove, up the road ta where it come from.
to this/that/the effect
▪ A proposal to this effect follows in Section 3.
▪ Does his eagerness amount to setting up a trust to that effect?
▪ I made a little speech to the effect that we are overjoyed to be in Sydney.
▪ It is a person's or animal's contribution to the effect.
▪ She made a note to that effect.
▪ The other factor which contributed to this effect was his decision to become a broadcaster.
▪ This is because thick lithosphere will tend to be more resistant to the effects of heat conduction and penetrative magmatism.
▪ We were ourselves considering whether we should introduce a Government Bill to this effect.
watch this space
▪ As they say elsewhere ... watch this space.
▪ Currently undergoing a major expansion - watch this space for developments.
▪ Only time will tell, but it's looking good - watch this space for further details!
▪ So watch this space, as they say.
▪ Thanks for comin' everyone - and for the next big event watch this space!!.
▪ We very much hope to have the new materials ready before the end of 1991 - watch this space!
▪ We will indeed be publishing a picture of Goran in our Sweetspot section in a future issue so ... watch this space.
what's the meaning of this?
▪ What's the meaning of this? I asked you to be here an hour ago!
what's this in aid of?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Add this mixture to the cranberry sauce.
▪ In this chapter of the book, we look at a number of new economic theories.
▪ Steve's going to Miami this Thursday.
▪ The band plans to go on tour this year.
▪ Then this girl came up and kissed him on the lips.
▪ When am I going to meet this boyfriend of yours?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
This

This \This\ ([th][i^]s), pron. & a.; pl. These ([th][=e]z). [OE. this, thes, AS. [eth][=e]s, masc., [eth]e['o]s, fem., [eth]is, neut.; akin to OS. these, D. deze, G. dieser, OHG. diser, deser, Icel. [thorn]essi; originally from the definite article + a particle -se, -si; cf. Goth. sai behold. See The, That, and cf. These, Those.]

  1. As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.

    When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.
    --Acts ii. 37.

    But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched.
    --Matt. xxiv. 43.

  2. As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.

    Note: This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under That, 1.

    This way and that wavering sails they bend.
    --Pope.

    A body of this or that denomination is produced.
    --Boyle.

    Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow.
    --Hooker.

    Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him.
    --Dryden.

    Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end.
    --Addison.

    Note: This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole.

    This twenty years have I been with thee..
    --Gen. xxxi. 38.

    I have not wept this years; but now My mother comes afresh into my eyes.
    --Dryden.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
this

Old English þis, neuter demonstrative pronoun and adjective (masc. þes, fem. þeos), probably from a North Sea Germanic pronoun *tha-si-, formed by combining the base *þa- (see that) with -s, which is probably identical with Old English se "the" (representing here "a specific thing"), or with Old English seo, imperative of see (v.) "to behold." Compare Old Saxon these, Old Frisian this, Old Norse þessi, Middle Dutch dese, Dutch deze, Old High German deser, German dieser.\n

\nOnce fully inflected, with 10 distinct forms (see table below); the oblique cases and other genders gradually fell away by 15c. The Old English plural was þæs (nominative and accusative), which in Northern Middle English became thas, and in Midlands and Southern England became thos. The Southern form began to be used late 13c. as the plural of that (replacing Middle English tho, from Old English þa) and acquired an -e (apparently from the influence of Middle English adjective plurals in -e; compare alle from all, summe from sum "some"), emerging early 14c. as modern those.\n

\nAbout 1175 thes (probably a variant of Old English þæs) began to be used as the plural of this, and by 1200 it had taken the form these, the final -e acquired via the same mechanism that gave one to those.\n

Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural

Nom. þes þeos þis þas

Acc. þisne þas þis þas

Gen. þisses þisse þisses þissa

Dat. þissum þisse þissum þissum

Inst. þys þisse þys þissum

Wiktionary
this

adv. To the degree or extent indicated. det. 1 The (thing) here (qualifier: used in indicating something or someone nearby). 2 The known (thing) (qualifier: used in indicating something or someone just mentioned). 3 The known (thing) (qualifier: used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned). 4 A known (thing) (qualifier: used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "''a certain#Determiner ...''". 5 (context Of a unit of time English) which is (l en current). interj. (context Internet slang English) (non-gloss definition: Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.) n. (context philosophy English) Something being indicated that is here; one of these. pron. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.

WordNet
Wikipedia
This

This, in the English language, is the singular proximal demonstrative.

This may also refer to:

This (computer programming)

this, self, and Me are keywords used in some computer programming languages to refer to the object, class, or other entity that the currently running code is part of. The entity referred to by these keywords thus depends on the execution context (such as which object is having its method called). Different programming languages use these keywords in slightly different ways. In languages where a keyword like "this" is mandatory, the keyword is the only way to access data and methods stored in the current object. Where optional, they can disambiguate variables and functions with the same name.

This (Peter Hammill album)

This is an album by Peter Hammill, released on his Fie! label in 1998. There is a large variety in the compositions, ranging from the minimalism of the final song, "The Light Continent", to the rough, almost Nadir-like sound of "Always is Next", the complex "Unrehearsed" and the ballad "Since the Kids". Peter Hammill performed the song "Unrehearsed" live many times. "Nightman" can be heard on the live-album Veracious (2006).

This (Darius Rucker song)

"This" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker. It was released in November 2010 as the second single from his album Charleston, SC 1966, and the sixth solo single release of his career. It reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in April 2011. Rucker wrote this song with his producer Frank Rogers and Kara DioGuardi.

This (The Motels album)

This is the seventh studio album by the band The Motels, recorded with current touring band whom Martha Davis has been working with for a few years. When Matthew Morgan, a producer-engineer from Portland met up with The Motels, the resulting work became the new album, This.

This (Canadian magazine)

This Magazine is an independent alternative Canadian political magazine. It was launched "by a gang of school activists" in April 1966 as This Magazine is About Schools, a journal covering political issues in the education system. During its early years, its editorial offices were located near the University of Toronto in space rented from Co-operative College Residences Inc., which in the late 1960s spawned the experimental "free university" Rochdale College. The educational philosophy of Rochdale College was influenced by this association, and by several individuals who published in This Magazine, especially Dennis Lee. The name was shortened to simply This Magazine in 1973, and it gradually expanded its focus to include a wide variety of political, arts and cultural writing from a progressive perspective.

This Magazine is one of Canada’s longest-publishing alternative journals. Praised for integrating commentary and investigative reporting with in-depth arts coverage, it has been instrumental in trumpeting the new works of young Canadian writers and artists. This Magazine has introduced the early work of some of Canada's most notable writers, critics and artists.

This Magazine is published six times a year by the Red Maple Foundation, a registered charity, and receives financial support from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. It is indexed in the Canadian Periodical Index, the Canadian Literary Press Index, Alternative Press Index and the Canadian Magazine Index, and on microfiche and microfilm from University Microfilm, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The magazine's current editor is Lauren McKeon, and its current publisher is Lisa Whittington-Hill.

Prominent Canadian writers published in This Magazine have included:

This (journal)
For the Canadian political magazine, see This Magazine.

This is a poetry journal associated with what would later be called Language poetry because during the time span in which This was published, "many poets of the emerging Language school were represented in its pages".

The first three issues were edited by Robert Grenier and Barrett Watten (1971–1973). The subsequent nine issues were edited by Watten (1973–1982).

Some of the writers featured in the pages of This magazine include: Steve Benson, Bill Berkson, Merrill Gilfillan, Lyn Hejinian, Bernadette Mayer, Michael Palmer, Kit Robinson, Jim Rosenberg, and Peter Seaton.

Watten also published monographs under the imprint "This Press" (1974–1986?): "which began with publication of Clark Coolidge's The Maintains in 1974 and published work by Larry Eigner, Ron Silliman, Robert Grenier, Carla Harryman, Ted Greenwald, Kit Robinson, Bruce Andrews, and Alan Davies". These writers also appeared in the magazine during its run of issues.

Usage examples of "this".

In this way we can accommodate more than a hundred head of cattle, of assorted ages.

Why then should not this first, primitive, health-enjoying and life-sustaining class of our people be equally accommodated in all that gives to social and substantial life, its due development?

These several apartments are accommodated with doors, which open into separate yards on the sides and in rear, or a large one for the entire family, as may be desired.

Thus attended, the hapless mourner entered the place, and, according to the laudable hospitality of England, which is the only country in Christendom where a stranger is not made welcome to the house of God, this amiable creature, emaciated and enfeebled as she was, must have stood in a common passage during the whole service, had not she been perceived by a humane gentlewoman, who, struck with her beauty and dignified air, and melted with sympathy at the ineffable sorrow which was visible in her countenance, opened the pew in which she sat, and accommodated Monimia and her attendant.

Accordingly he had, from time to time, accommodated him with small trifles, which barely served to support his existence, and even for these had taken notes of hand, that he might have a scourge over his head, in case he should prove insolent or refractory.

Altogether, these several apartments make a very complete and desirable accommodation to a man with the property and occupation for which it is intended.

All such accommodation every farm house of this character should afford.

With what experience we have had with the hog, and that by no means an agreeable one, we can devise no better method of accommodation than this here described, and it certainly is the cheapest.

Full of this affair, the importance of which I exaggerated in proportion to my inexperience, I told Silvia that I wanted to accompany some English friends as far as Calais, and that she would oblige me by getting me a passport from the Duc de Gesvres.

I dare not accompany you, as I am well known in the town and it might get me into trouble with the police, who are ridiculously strict in these matters.

I became furious, knocking at the door, stamping my feet, fretting and fuming, and accompanying this useless hubbub with loud cries.

After a time these glands may again enlarge, with more or less pain accompanying the process.

This, of course, assumes that our accomplice knew of these parties in advance.

To accomplish these salutary ends, the constant residence of an Imperial governor, supported by a numerous army, was indispensably requisite.

To accomplish this design, he studied to protect his industrious subjects, and to moderate the violence, without enervating the valor, of his soldiers, who were maintained for the public defence.