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answer in English:

1. question


Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?
Good question!
It is out of the question for you to go to New York this weekend.
How is that question germane to what we're discussing?
The government put the question to the people in a referendum.
When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?).
That man asked me who I was, but I didn't think it was necessary to answer that question.
The question is not what education is for so much as how you go about it.
A little thought will tell you that the whole plan is out of the question.
Would you have asked me this question if I had been a man?
She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter.
If you question his sincerity, do not ask for his help.
I can't remember what question I asked him.
The first question we must raise is whether a cultural barrier existed between those groups.
question example

English word "answer"(question) occurs in sets:

New matura success Intermediate Irregular verbs

2. respond


You'll get brownie points if you respond quickly.
Children learn to respond to rhythmical sounds from a very young age.
You can respond faster?
Please respond.
When speaking in Japan, it may seem like you're not listening if you do not respond while somebody speaks to you.
People are presenting reasons for not fulfilling their obligation to respond.
Ruby on Rails is an agile development platform, which means we can respond to feedback from our customers very quickly.
I'd like the government to respond resolutely so as to not end up looking timid.
We respond to the delicate beauty of the cherry blossoms in the spring moonlight.
Child-care leave and time off to care for the aged are needed in order to respond to demographic changes now taking place in Japan.
Keith didn’t respond to my emails, so I phoned to see if he was okay.
I do not know to respond
I didn't respond to your text message because my phone had no battery
If people ask for your help, always respond positively.

3. reply


Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?
Please reply.
The password is "Mountain". If someone says "Mountain", you reply "River".
Regarding Professor Scott's final criticism I have nothing more to add to what I said in my previous reply.
We'll release the final agenda on the morning of Monday, January 20, so please reply quickly.
Such an accurate, lightning-quick reply. What can I say?
Here's the Robert's reply. "You mean Robert's?" "No, it's the Robert. There's only one."
From the menu-bar's "Reply" select "create follow-up message". The message you reply to is quoted.
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who in the land is fairest of all? And then the mirror would always reply: "You, my queen, are fairest of all."
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
My predecessors had asked their questions of nature with genuine curiosity and awaited her reply.
"I don't understand," she replied. He didn't reply to my email. Henry replied that he had no idea what I was talking about.
Why does everybody have to reply to them when you can just ignore the cracked-sounding ones?
To the query, "What is a friend?" his reply was "A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Only ask questions to which the reply can be either "yes" or "no".

English word "answer"(reply) occurs in sets:

Formal and informal language; the article about ch...
Emails (formal and informal vocab)
Formal informal