like that

English

Prepositional phrase

like that

1. In that particular manner.
2. Quickly; unexpectedly.

   He was playing in the yard and, then, like that, he was gone.

3. Used to indicate agreement with another speaker's statement.

   "And then the truck turned, the box fell out the back, and the truck just kept going." / "Yea, like that."

Synonyms

• (indicating agreement): what he said

Translations

in that particular manner

• Arabic: كَذَلِكَ (kaḏālika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 這樣／这样 (zh), 这样 (zh) (zhèyàng), 如此 (zh) (rúcǐ)

• Danish: sådan (da)
• Finnish: noin (fi), tuolla tavalla
• French: comme ça (fr)
• Gujarati: તેમ (tem), એમ (ema)
• Isan: จั่งซั่น (jàng-sân)
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• Italian: così (it)
• Korean: 그렇게 (ko) (geureoke)
• Malayalam: അത് പോലെ (athu pole) (atŭ pōle (athu pole))
• Navajo: éigi ʼátʼéego
• Russian: так (ru) (tak), таки́м о́бразом (ru) (takím óbrazom)
• Spanish: así (es)
• Thai: อย่างนั้น (yàang-nán), (colloquial) ยังงั้น (th) (yang-ngán), (colloquial) งั้น (th) (ngán)

quickly; unexpectedly

• Finnish: yhtäkkiä (fi)
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• Russian: про́сто та́к (ru) (prósto ták)

used to indicate agreement

• Esperanto: tiel (eo)
• Finnish: niin (fi), juuri niin
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• Russian: так (ru) (tak)