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Definitions in simple English

besides Preposition

— In addition to; as well as. We've got a pile of homework and a part time job besides. Besides the obvious benefit of learning, going to school has helped me make many friends. — Other than; except for. I don't want to go anywhere besides China.

besides

— adverb (= in any case) making an additional point; anyway I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her — adverb (= too) in addition he has a Mercedes, too

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Topics besides topics

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Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

And, also

What words indicate that you are adding another thought to a previous one?

and also too besides besides this as well so do I/so has she/so are they in addition not to mention likewise both...and and also again further in addition to not only...but also some...others first...then let me add
What words indicate that you are adding something new to what you just said?

and also furthermore moreover what's more besides by the way incidentally

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Simple sentences

Is anyone coming besides your friends?

I have no time for that, and besides, I don't have any money.

Was there anybody else besides Tom?

There was no one in the room besides Mary and John.

Besides being a great statesman, Sir Winston Churchill was a great writer.

Three of my friends, besides me, were admitted to the bar.

He has no friends besides me.

Besides lending books, libraries offer various other services.

Besides French, he can obviously speak English.

I like this flat. The location is good, and besides, rent is not very high.

Every rare thing is expensive, besides a cheap horse is rare, therefore a cheap horse is expensive.

He speaks two languages besides English.

You're the only person I know besides me who likes medieval music.

You're the only person I know besides myself who doesn't like watching baseball.

There was no one there besides me.

Besides being economical, it's fun.

Besides teaching English, he writes novels.

Besides being a surgeon, he was a famous writer.

Besides being an actress, she was a famous painter.

Besides attending the funeral, she needs to make all the arrangements.

Movie subtitles

Besides Production, who could've done it?

Maybe it's time you see what else is in your life, besides Josh Chan.

Besides, I-I-I can't handle that whole French scene without you.

Besides, we're not in college anymore, right?

Besides, you kissed me, too.

Besides, I tried to talk to you about it after, and you slammed the door in my face.

And besides, this town needs a new mayor more than ever.

Besides, I'm going to pour it over this sliced banana, so vitamin C will be involved.

I'm sorry. I didn't notice anyone at Pistachio's stall besides Mr. Dubois.

Besides, he knows zero gay kids to invite.

Look, not everybody's gonna love everything you write, besides me.

You mean besides not stealing stuff?

Besides, I could not have lived without her anymore.

Varna - 12 July. Crew -besides myself, the captain- one helmsman, one ship's mate, five sailors.

Besides, I don't want to be a burden on you.

Besides, it's Ramadan.

Besides, the United Nations have their Guardians now, too.

And besides, I've already made up my mind to pilot this station to the very end.

Besides, other days are coming.

Besides, I am not allowed to love anything else.

And besides, they've been writing insulting notes.

Besides, I ain't marrying her family.

I've got another one besides this one.

Besides, your hands ain't so clean.

And besides that. I figured you was sort of different, too.

Besides, I'm late now.

Besides, look how strong it is.

Besides, I've seen it before.

Besides, we have a secret weapon.

Besides, the North and the South, they are in a peaceful mood right now.

I didn't notice anyone at Pistachio's stall besides Mr. Dubois.

Crew -besides myself, the captain- one helmsman, one ship's mate, five sailors.

And besides, it's a mess.

Besides, you have your reputation to consider.

And besides being a great fighter you'd be handsome if it wasn't for that nose.

News and current affairs

But, given the costs of the bankruptcy process, it has never been clear why a business would rather issue high-yield bonds (besides gaming the tax system), or why investors would rather buy them than take an equity stake.

After all, as a campaigning investigative journalist she made many people angry besides Putin, not least of which is the current Chechen Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, whom she accused of a policy of kidnapping for ransom.

Besides, given the strength of environmentalism in Europe, the issue is tailor-made for Europeans to take the lead.

This is besides the point: the point is, what is the European Union, committed to democracy and human rights, going to do now?

Besides, many people opposed killing the street dogs.

BRUSSELS - The European Union's core countries these days, besides the original six founders, are the 15 member states that make up the European Monetary Union.

Besides the lawyers legitimating the deeds, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors (whose presence was mandatory at any session), and scholars also regularly provided moral, legal, or philosophical justifications.

Besides, China is already pouring money into the developing world, often through highly opaque channels.

Second, US and European threats to cut off aid or impose sanctions are in any case far too weak to accomplish much besides undermining already unstable and impoverished countries.

Every year, the UNDP publishes a ranking of countries by their Human Development Index (HDI), which incorporates other dimensions of wellbeing besides income, including health and education.

Besides, given the stories of rampant corruption in accounting practices in the West nowadays, the EU should be more understanding.

Besides, excluding Ukraine from eventual EU membership will encourage Russia's imperial ambitions.

Besides being unjust, this is deeply tragic.

So, besides the FDP, this party, too, is profiting from the mainstream political parties' half-hearted handling of the global economic crisis.

Besides being at odds with reality, the claim of strong growth actually encourages the trade unions to ask for even higher wages.

To prepare for a career of care-giving, medical students and young doctors clearly require something besides scientific and technological training.

This should not be surprising, since many factors besides international debt flows can cause domestic banks to throw caution to the wind and start lending recklessly.

Besides, these countries correctly argue that the tradeoff between action on climate change and poverty reduction is more compelling for them at their level of per capita income, unless they can access newly emerging technologies at low cost.

Besides, European governments remain defensive: no important labor market reforms nor initiatives aimed at deregulation are underway.

Besides, 370 billion yuan will be used to improve rural living standards in an environmentally sound manner and sustainable way.

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