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finally in English:

1. ultimately ultimately


Ultimately, space flight will be beneficial to all mankind.
Ultimately, he ended up going to school.
The argument is rigorous and coherent but ultimately unconvincing.
The rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.
Who is ultimately responsible for this?
The secret of Hegel's dialectic lies ultimately in this alone, that it negates theology through philosophy in order then to negate philosophy through theology.
Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
So ultimately, with Tatoeba we are only building the foundations… to make the Web a better place for language learning.
Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.
He will ultimately pass the exam.

2. eventually eventually


Everyone dies eventually.
It's just possible that he'll eventually recover the use of his legs.
After eight months, he eventually started dating girls again.
We'll eventually find a solution to this problem, I think.
She eventually got into the bad habit of smoking.
Eventually the salesman persuaded me to buy the expensive machine.
Eventually I'd like to settle down and have a family, but not yet.
If you go around the Internet, using half-width katakana in various places, eventually you're going to end up pissing off a lot of people.
She was born with underdeveloped lungs, but eventually a few steroid shots set her straight.
In order to live happily and healthily with parakeets or parrots, you should understand the science of animal behavior for domesticated birds, and consider the emotional effect of eventually losing them.
The abolition of slavery in Europe eventually reached America.
Eventually it was decided that the stores be equipped with surveillance cameras.
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
Five businesswomen started an association that would eventually become a powerful national lobby.
Eventually, he returned the sword to its sheath.

English word "finally"(eventually) occurs in sets:

new opportunities - intermediate

3. in the end in the end


I didn't want to go, but in the end they persuaded me.
You did it in the end.
She was consistently rude to me and in the end I lost my temper with her.
I thought the job would be boring, but in the end I loved it.
We were thinking about going to the disco, but in the end we decided to stay home.
I didn't want to go but they persuaded me in the end.
What did you decide to do in the end?
What did you decide in the end?
he was happy in the end of the lesson
I thought we would get there at three, but in the end we arrived at five.
We worked hard, and in the end, we achieved our goal.

English word "finally"(in the end) occurs in sets:

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