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those

/ðəʊz/ /ðoʊz/

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pronoun

那些，那些人。

Examples :

"He went home, and after that I never saw him again."

他回家后，我再也没有见过他了。

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pronoun

那些, 那些事。

The known (thing); used to refer to something just said.

Examples :

"My brother said he needed a new laptop. Those are expensive these days. "

我弟弟说他需要一台新笔记本电脑。那些东西现在很贵。

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pronoun

那些, 那些个.

(demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.

Examples :

"The water is so cold! — That it is."

水真冷啊！— 真的，就是这样。

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pronoun

那些，那些人。

(relative) (plural that) Which, who; representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.

Examples :

"The CPR course that she took really came in handy."

她上的那个心肺复苏急救课，真的派上用场了。

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pronoun

那些

Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.

Examples :

"the last time that [= when] I went to Europe"

我上次去欧洲的时候

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