Này

this box

cái hộp này

this way

lối này

by this time

bây giờ, hiện nay, lúc này

this he has been ill these two months

anh ấy ốm hai tháng nay

this day last year

ngày này năm ngoái

Cái này, điều này, việc này

I don't like this

tôi không thích cái này

will you have this or that?

anh muốn cái này hay cái kia?

Thế này

to it like this

hãy làm việc dó như thế này

Tới mức độ này, đến như thế này

this far

xa thế này; tới bây giờ

it was this big

nó to như thế này

by this

bây giờ, hiện nay, lúc này

with this; at this

như thế này, cơ sự đã thế này, vào lúc sự việc thế này

Pron., adj., & adv.

Demons.pron. (pl. these) 1 the personor thing close at hand or indicated or already named orunderstood (can you see this?; this is my cousin).

(contrasted with that) the person or thing nearer to hand ormore immediately in mind.

The action, behaviour, orcircumstances under consideration (this won't do at all; what doyou think of this?).

(on the telephone): a Brit. the personspeaking. b US the person spoken to.

Demons.adj. (pl.these) 1 designating the person or thing close at hand etc. (cf.senses 1, 2 of pron.).

(of time): a the present or current(am busy all this week). b relating to today (this morning). cjust past or to come (have been asking for it these threeweeks).

Colloq. (in narrative) designating a person or thingpreviously unspecified (then up came this policeman).

Adv. tothis degree or extent (knew him when he was this high; did notreach this far).

This and that colloq. various unspecifiedexamples of things (esp. trivial). this here sl. thisparticular (person or thing). this much the amount or extentabout to be stated (I know this much, that he was not there).this world mortal life. [OE, neut. of thes]