through
/θɹu/ adjective C2- Passing from one side of something to the other. · Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
- Finished; complete. · They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
- Along the course of a task etc.; used in expressions of progress towards the end. · It's a big job but we're halfway through.
- Without a future; done for. · After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
- No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience. · She was through with him.
- Proceeding from origin to destination without the need to change transport vehicle. · The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.· When is the next through train to London?
- Connected (to someone) by telephone. · You're through to the doctor now.
- In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
From the library
“Ah, Danglars!” whispered Caderousse, “you have deceived me—the trick you spoke of last night has been played; but I cannot suffer a poor old man or an innocent girl to die of grief through your fault.
“Well, did you find Diana a kindred spirit?” asked Marilla as they went up through the garden of Green Gables.
If I were to go through the world, I could not meet with a better.
The anchor was instantly dropped, and the chain ran rattling through the port-hole.
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