THAT

(SOMETHING NOT HERE) [determiner], [pronoun] - used to refer to a person, object, idea etc. which is separated from the speaker by space or timeI don't like this dress (here), I prefer that one (over there).Put that box down before you drop it.I've never liked that cousin of hers.Who's that? Is that the girl you told me about?Is that you making all the noise, John?"Hello. Is that Jean?" she said when she heard a voice answer the phone.That was a good suggestion of yours.That was a difficult problem to resolve.The coldest hours are those just before dawn.These peaches aren't ripe enough to eat, try those on the table.Those who want to can come back by a later train.If you hold it like that (= in the way in which you are doing) it will break.(formal) His handwriting is like that (= the writing) of a much younger child.(formal) We are often afraid of that which (= of what) we cannot understand.That/Those are also used to make a connection with an earlier statement.My usual train was cancelled. That's why I'm so late.No smoking and modern equipment. Those are two of the things I like about working here.The garage still isn't finished. That's builders for you (= Such behaviour is typical of builders).That can also be used to express a reaction to something.I didn't know she'd been so ill. That's terrible.You mean you can't come to the party? That's a pity.Turn the engine on, then put the car in gear. That's right (= you are doing it correctly).Smile for the camera. That's more like it (= that smile is better than before).That/Those are often used to refer to something which has been mentioned or was involved earlier, or to something with which the listener will be familiar.That guy (= The man I told you about whom) I met at the party gave me the idea.Where's that pen (= the one I was using earlier) gone?She lives in that house by the bus station (= you know which one I me n).That's it means that something is correct.You switch the computer on at the back. That's it.That's it can also mean that something has ended.Well, that's it, we've finished - we can go home now.That's (absolutely) it! I'm not putting up with any more of her rudeness.That's/That was that means that something has ended.She left the room and that was that, I never saw her again.I won't agree to it and that's that (= I won't discuss it any longer).You say that is (to say) when you want to give further details or be more exact about something.I'll meet you in the city, that is, I will if the trains are running.That will do means that you do not want any more of something."Shall I put some more peas on your plate?" "No, that'll do, thank you."That will do, Charles. I don't want to see any more of that kind of behaviour.(slightly literary) With that means after something has been said or done, or then."I still think you're wrong," he said and with that he drove off.(saying) 'That's life/That's how it is/Life's like' that means that you have to accept what happens.