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where in English:

1. where


Where is Customs?
The chameleon changes color depending on where it finds itself.
No matter where you looked you could see damage caused by the earthquake.
I'm told "idiot" is a bad word, but where I grew up it doesn't really feel that bad.
Wow, we're finally in Paris. Where should we visit first?
The teachers could not decide where to build the new schoolhouse.
I bought a small lot on the hillside in Southern France where I plan to build a retirement home.
Plan for the future because that's where you are going to spend the rest of your life.
He rose through the ranks to the top position at the company where he started his career.
He returned to his native village, where he spent the last few years of his life.
She is looking for a job where she can make use of her foreign language ability.
I wonder where the ice cream is. Do you think Tom could've eaten it all?
Stratford-on-Avon, where Shakespeare was born, is visited by many tourists every year.
The restaurant where we had dinner yesterday isn't very good.
No matter where you may go, don't forget to write to me.

2. how


How nice of you!
How is it that you're always so full of energy?
How early do I have to make a reservation to qualify for the discount?
How to deal with environmental pollution is a serious matter.
How could I be a robot? Robots can't dream.
I'd like to get a bank loan; how do I go about that?
I wonder if Tom realizes how lonely I am.
Tom came up with various ideas on how to make his business more successful.
He soon grows tired of a thing regardless of how much he liked it to begin with.
It takes only a short time to learn how to explain things to students. It takes much longer to learn when not to.
She wrote to him to tell him how wonderful he was.
What really surprised me most was how many hours a day Tom slept.
What surprised me most when I first entered college was how few of my classmates knew how to study efficiently.
There is an urgent need for understanding how climate change will affect our lives.
I must calculate how much money I'll spend next week.

3. to


Go to sleep.
I hope to one day speak German as well as you speak English.
Why aren't you going? "Because I don't want to."
It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.
Look at me when I talk to you!
Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.
Nobody ever comes to see us in this out-of-the-way village.
If I can get into university, I am hoping to learn to speak two foreign languages.
Fewer workers meant fewer people with money to buy goods.
Franklin Roosevelt was born to a rich and important New York family.
Two roundtrip tickets to Osaka, please.
The president was quoted as saying he would like to visit Japan soon.
You are welcome to the use of our house while we are away on vacation.
It began to rain heavily just as we got to the gate.
According to the weather forecast, the rainy season will set in next week.

4. a question word to ask about the location of something



English word "where"(a question word to ask about the location of something) occurs in sets:

Most common adverbs

5. whereas


companies have shareholders whereas partnerships have partners
Deoxyhemoglobin can be detected by MRI, whereas oxyhemoglobin can't.
whereas it is necessary to introduce certain safety advice phrases related to the dangers to health;
Whereas the rate of rejection on dating apps is so high it's often hard to cope with one coming in after another. / They deal with realities, whereas this was a fantasy.
Whereas he was weak as a baby, he is now very strong.
Whereas Spain has the Royal Spanish Academy, the United States has Urban Dictionary.
French are better gardeners than Germans: they have green hands whereas their neighbours only have green thumbs.
But he who knows what insanity is, is sane; whereas insanity can no more be sensible of its own existence, than blindness can see itself.
Change is one thing, progress is another. "Change" is scientific, "progress" is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
Life expectancy in the third world is relatively short, whereas in the western world it has increased substantially.
Her boyfriend likes active holidays whereas/while she could only walk to and from the beach.
1. Sarah is short whereas her sister Jade is tall. 2. He is particularly good at it whereas I am not.
whereas stepping up to someone in the...
1. I haven't had problems with this homework whereas my friend couldn't do it at all. 2. I like grammar whereas he prefers vocabulary
Library is a place you can borrow some books, whereas bookshop is a place you can buy some books.