No. 38 in Czech
tím
The Czech word "tím" means "by that," "with that," or "thus," depending on context.
In a sentence
Tím řešením jsme ušetřili hodně času.
By this solution, we saved a lot of time.
In this sentence, 'tím' is an instrumental case of 'ten', used to refer to a previously mentioned solution effectively saying 'by that solution'
Zlepšili jsme tím svůj výkon.
We improved our performance by this.
Here, 'tím' specifies the means or method used to achieve the improvement, demonstrating instrumental use.
Dosáhli jsme cíle díky tomu, že jsme tím správným způsobem postupovali.
We reached the target thanks to the fact that we proceeded in this correct way.
Here, 'tím' specifies 'the correct way', elaborating on the means by which the action was achieved.
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