finally
adverb OPAL S
/ˈfaɪnəli/
/ˈfaɪnəli/
- The performance finally started half an hour late.
- The law was finally passed in May 2019.
- I finally managed to get her attention.
- Are you finally going to tell me why I’m here?
- When they finally arrived it was well past midnight.
- Two years of hard work and waiting were finally over.
- Here, finally, we come to the heart of the problem.
- Finally ready, they all set off.
- And finally, I would like to thank you all for coming here today.
- Finally, stir in the fruit and walnuts.
Language Bank firstfirstOrdering your points- This study has the following aims: first, to investigate how international students in the UK use humour; second, to examine how jokes can help to establish social relationships; and third, to explore the role that humour plays in helping overseas students adjust to life in the UK.
- Let us begin by identifying some of the popular joke genres in the UK.
- Next, let us turn to/Next, let us consider the question of gender differences in the use of humour.
- Finally/Lastly, let us briefly examine the role of humour in defining a nation’s culture.
Language Bank processprocessDescribing a process- This diagram illustrates the process of paper-making./This diagram shows how paper is made.
- First/First of all, logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.
- Next/Second, the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.
- Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables/allows the natural oils to be removed.
- Once/After the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleached in order to remove impurities. /…is bleached so that impurities can be removed.
- The next stage is to feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with water and then poured onto a wire conveyor belt.
- As the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away. This causes the solid material to sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.
- At this point the new paper is still wet, so it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water and simultaneously dry the paper/…dry the paper at the same time.
- The final stage is to wind the paper onto large rolls./Finally, the paper is wound onto large rolls.
- The matter was not finally settled until later.
- A Home Office spokesman said nothing had been finally decided upon.