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9 ADV You can use so in conversations to introduce a new topic, or to introduce a question or comment about something that has been said. □  So how was your day? □  So you're a runner, huh? □  So, as I said to you, natural medicine is also known as holistic medicine. □  And so, to answer your question, that's why your mother is disappointed. □  'I didn't find him funny at all.'—'So you won't watch the show again then?'

10 ADV You can use so in conversations to show that you are accepting what someone has just said. □  'It makes me feel, well, important.'—'And so you are.' □  'You know who Diana was, Grandfather.'—'So I do!' □  'Why, this is nothing but common vegetable soup!'—'So it is, madam.'

11 CONVENTION You say ' So? ' and ' So what? ' to indicate that you think that something that someone has said is unimportant. [INFORMAL ] □  'My name's Bruno.'—'So?' □  'You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the U.K.'—'So what?'

12 ADV [ADV adj/adv] You can use so in front of adjectives and adverbs to emphasize the quality that they are describing. [EMPHASIS ] □  He was surprised they had married–they had seemed so different. □  What is so compromising about being an employee of the state?

13 ADV [ADV adj that] You can use so…that and so…as to emphasize the degree of something by mentioning the result or consequence of it. [EMPHASIS ] □  The tears were streaming so fast she could not see. □  The deal seems so attractive it would be ridiculous to say no. □  He's not so daft as to listen to rumours.

14 → see also insofar as

15 PHRASE You use and so on or and so forth at the end of a list to indicate that there are other items that you could also mention. □  …subjective ideas of happiness, such as health, wealth, being loved and so on.

16 PHRASE You use so much and so many when you are saying that there is a definite limit to something but you are not saying what this limit is. □  There is only so much time in the day for answering letters. □  Even the greatest city can support only so many lawyers.

17 PHRASE You use the structures not…so much and not so much…as to say that something is one kind of thing rather than another kind. □  I did not really object to Will's behaviour so much as his personality.

18 PHRASE You use or so when you are giving an approximate amount. [VAGUENESS ] □  Though rates are heading down, they still offer real returns of 8% or so. □  Matt got me a room there for a week or so when I first came here.

19so much the better → see better

20ever so → see ever

21so far so good → see far

22so long → see long ➌

23so much for → see much

24so much so → see much

25every so often → see often

26so there → see there

soak /soʊ k/ (soaks , soaking , soaked )

1 VERB If you soak something or leave it to soak , you put it into a liquid and leave it there. □ [V n] Soak the beans for 2 hours. □ [V ] He turned off the water and left the dishes to soak.

2 VERB If a liquid soaks something or if you soak something with a liquid, the liquid makes the thing very wet. □ [V n] The water had soaked his jacket and shirt. □ [V n + with ] Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water.

3 VERB If a liquid soaks through something, it passes through it. □ [V prep/adv] There was so much blood it had soaked through my boxer shorts.