Like, how can I explain using Like?
For those learning English, you may hear or read phrases and sentences using the word 'Like' in unfamiliar ways. Informal English has developed many expressive uses for the word, too numerous to list here.
Like, I was talking to my friend, and he told me he had like no money like right now, but he was like, "maybe by the weekend."
Wikipedia has a nice article on like.
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If you are speaking with a Mexican, you might suggest that it is similar to "agarro". Many people sprinkle their conversations with "agarro" here.
It is a fill-in word that just "buys time" for the speaker. It has no meaning. Somewhat universal examples in Spanish: "pues", "pos".
Gag me with a spoon.
Somewhere there is a thesis about the word "like" in English - done by an American woman like. Can't remember where I saw now like apart from the fact that it was on the internet like.
