You use the expression something like with an amount, number, or description to indicate that it is approximately accurate. They can get something like £3,000 a year `When roughly would this be? Monday?' --- `Something like that.' = about
You use like this or like that when you are drawing attention to something that you are doing or that someone else is doing. I'm sorry to intrude on you like this Stop pacing like that
You say if you like when you are expressing something in a different way, or in a way that you think some people might disagree with or find strange. This is more like a downpayment, or a deposit, if you like. = let's say
Someone's likes are the things that they enjoy or find pleasant. I thought that I knew everything about Jemma: her likes and dislikes, her political viewpoints. dislikes see also liking
You can use like in expressions such as like attracts like, when you are referring to two or more people or things that have the same or similar characteristics. You have to make sure you're comparing like with like Homeopathic treatment is based on the `like cures like' principle
emphasis If you refer to something the like of which or the likes of which has never been seen before, you are emphasizing how important, great, or noticeable the thing is. technological advances the like of which the world had previously only dreamed of We are dealing with an epidemic the likes of which we have never seen in this century. = such as
emphasis You can use the expressions like anything, like crazy, or like mad to emphasize that someone is doing something or something is happening in a very energetic or noticeable way. He's working like mad at the moment
You say like this, like that, or like so when you are showing someone how something is done. It opens and closes, like this
You say if you like when you are making or agreeing to an offer or suggestion in a casual way. You can stay here if you like `Shall we stop talking about her?' --- `If you like.'