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Pronunciation guide for let alone
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- Practice the English pronunciation of let alone with real speech in context.
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- (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
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Meaning
- [Conjunction]
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the positive, rare) Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering.
- (transitive, colloquial, dated) To rely on (a person) to do something.
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