and so
∞
1.0
- idiom
:
así que
- I'd try to stay alive, and so would you.
We broke him and so we said let him go.
- We broke him and so we said let him go.
- Just carried on there, Mendy And so I turned round.
- It's a successful night, you know, And so that's what we do.
- Classical mechanics isn't working, and so we need quantum mechanics.
- It was going to happen whether I was there or not, and so I left.
- Those were all seemed trivia to me and so can you explain?
- He was sick and so I took out things.
- what works for us and what makes sense. And so I, I didn't like
- I almost got kicked out and so they put me at point, right?
Examples
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Speaker, planning laws need reforms and so too do employment rules.
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My schedule freed up at the last minute and so, we decided to come.
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My daughter is lost, and so am I without Robert.
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Anyway, her mom told her to run and hide, and so she did.
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Well, and so it begins.
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Our diet was her choice, and so it is the root of this story.
Academic text (2008) -
It was going to happen whether I was there or not, and so I left.
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WordPress is now installed and so is your beautiful theme.
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She called to say that we should meet, and so I booked a flight to Boston.
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She missed the bus, and so ... she arrived late for the meeting.
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'used to introduce a result or consequence' is directly and transparently built from 'and' (a coordinative connector) plus 'so' (a marker of consequence), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the connective function. This coordination-of-addition plus consequence pattern is common across languages and follows standard discourse composition, making it immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
And so is like a little bridge in a story: and joins two parts and so points to the result. That's why we use and so to show 'what happens next' or 'a result'.