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some days

some days

65 1.0
A few days in a period that are not every day
  • noun
translation icon : algunos días
  • Some days I'll stay in my dorm, some days I'll stay at home.
  • Some days, I feel

There will be some days that you just might be bored.

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Examples

  • Oh, you know, she has some days better than others.

  • And I'm always quick to say some days are better than others.

  • And it's like, I love them, but some days are really, really terrible.

  • Like, like I like writing some days, but not every day.

  • And some days it is very, very hard.

  • Some days that are good, some days that are awful.

  • There will be some days that you just might be bored.

  • So this can look good some days, but it's very, very tricky to work with.

  • Day to day now there is less variation, but I would like to say that some days are better than others.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Some days are filled with joy, while other days can feel overwhelming.

Antonyms

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Happening or done every day

How Often

daily
1.0
often
1.0
some days
65 1.0
occasionally
438 2.0
rarely
539 1.0

Surface Forms

some days singular
some days plural

Morphology

some + days

The meaning 'several individual days but not all days' is a direct compositional result of combining 'some' (an indefinite quantifier) with 'days' (time units). This determiner + noun pattern is a basic, cross-linguistically common construction and would be immediately interpretable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

The phrase some days makes a simple calendar picture: imagine a week where only a few boxes, the days, are marked and the rest are empty. So some days means 'a few days but not every day'.