"Of the sort" nghĩa là gì?

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"(Something) of the sort" = like that -> nghĩa là như người/tình huống vừa được nói đến, như vậy, như thế...

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I remember that she enjoyed it, saying it was “wonderful” or “marvelous” or something of the sort. She helped Nick with his food, and seemed, I thought, a little more cheerful, a little less tense.

Still, Boulder's most surprising new policy announcement was a ban on gatherings (cấm tụ tập) for all individuals between 18 and 22 for two weeks, starting September 24. Although the order originally contained no definition of "gathering," presumably (có lẽ) the target was parties of the sort that could lead to a slew (lượng lớn) of infections (lây nhiễm).

He told some of his aides (phụ tá) that he was actually doing them a favor: the wiretaps (máy nghe lén) were designed to prove their integrity (tính chính trực) by showing conclusively, when a leak (rò rỉ thông tin) occurred, that they could not be blamed. In reality, a wiretap could prove nothing of the sort; aides such as Lord and Lake, who considered their personal integrity at least equal to that of Kissinger and Haig, would be justified in considering such an explanation as offensive (xúc phạm) as the spinsters (bà cô không chồng) of Old Salem must have found it when the citizens told them they would be dunked in water to prove they were not witches.


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