diff --git a/src/char.js b/src/char.js
index 50b23fc..504ce29 100644
--- a/src/char.js
+++ b/src/char.js
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export const str = curry(
     )(state)
   ))
 
+export const anyChar = state => {
+  const ch = next(state)
+  return !!ch ? succeed(ch, state) : fail('end of input', state)
+}
+
 export const digit = anyOf(Digits)
 export const lowerAlpha = anyOf(LowerAlpha)
 export const upperAlpha = anyOf(UpperAlpha)
diff --git a/src/cond.js b/src/cond.js
index 9b32d8d..9d7b76b 100644
--- a/src/cond.js
+++ b/src/cond.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ParseError } from './state.js'
-import { curry } from '../vendor/izuna/src/index.js'
 import { fork, succeed } from './fn.js'
+import { curry } from '../vendor/izuna/src/index.js'
+import { anyChar } from './char.js'
 
 /** @import { Result } from '../vendor/kojima/src/index.js' */
 /** @import { ParserState } from './state.js' */
@@ -16,3 +17,44 @@ export const maybe = curry(
     return result.isOk() ? result : succeed([], original)
   })
 
+export const not = parser => state => {
+  const result = parser(state)
+  if (result.isOk()) {
+    return fail('"not" parser failed', state)
+  } else {
+    return succeed([], state)
+  }
+}
+
+export const until = parser => state => {
+  let acc = ok(state)
+
+  while (result.isOk()) {
+    const [original, clone] = fork(state)
+    const result = acc.chain(x => parser(clone))
+    if (result.isOk()) {
+      break
+    } else {
+      acc = anyChar(original)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return acc
+}
+
+export const many = curry((parser, state) => {
+  let result = ok(state)
+
+  while (true) {
+    const [original, clone] = fork(result)
+    const res = result.chain(x => parser(clone))
+    if (res.isOk()) {
+      result = res
+    } else {
+      break
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result
+})
+
diff --git a/src/fn.js b/src/fn.js
index 82dbc88..9603067 100644
--- a/src/fn.js
+++ b/src/fn.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ParseError } from './state.js'
 import { Iter } from './iter.js'
 import { err, ok } from '../vendor/kojima/src/index.js'
-import { curry } from '/vendor/izuna/src/index.js'
+import { curry } from '../vendor/izuna/src/index.js'
 
 /** @import { ParserState } from './state.js'* /
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index a797e01..0c0c84a 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ export * from './cond.js'
 export * from './seq.js'
 export * from './state.js'
 
+console.log(
+  parse(until(not(char('!'))), '!!!!!!!a!!!!')
+)
+
diff --git a/src/seq.js b/src/seq.js
index 1a8c998..de71fbe 100644
--- a/src/seq.js
+++ b/src/seq.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { diff, fail, succeed, Tuple } from './fn.js'
+import { diff, fail, fork, succeed, Tuple } from './fn.js'
 import { ok } from '../vendor/kojima/src/index.js'
 import { curry } from '../vendor/izuna/src/curry.js'
+import { anyChar } from './char.js'
 
 /** @import { ParseError, ParserState } from './state.js' */
 /** @import { Result } from '../vendor/kojima/src/index.js' */
@@ -9,6 +10,29 @@ import { curry } from '../vendor/izuna/src/curry.js'
  * @typedef {(value: any) => Result<ParserState, ParseError>} Parser
  */
 
+export const take = n => state => {
+  let result = anyChar(state)
+  for (let i = n; i > 0; i--) {
+    if (result.isErr()) {
+      return result.chain(e => fail(`"take(${n})" failed`, state, e))
+    }
+
+    result = result.chain(anyChar)
+  }
+
+  return result
+}
+
+export const skip = parser => state => {
+  const tokens = state[0]
+  const result = parser(state)
+  if (result.isOk()) {
+    return result.map(other => [tokens, other[1]])
+  } else {
+    return result
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {...Parser} parsers
  */
@@ -53,3 +77,20 @@ export const map = curry(
     })
   })
 
+
+export const many = curry((parser, state) => {
+  let result = ok(state)
+
+  while (true) {
+    const [a, b] = fork(state)
+    const res = parser(clone(result.unwrap()))
+    if (res.isOk()) {
+      result = res
+    } else {
+      break
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result
+
+})
diff --git a/src/state.js b/src/state.js
index 071fcbe..5e8840b 100644
--- a/src/state.js
+++ b/src/state.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Iter } from './iter.js'
+import { curry } from '../vendor/izuna/src/curry.js'
 /**
  * @typedef {Readonly<[any[], Iterator<any>]>} ParserState
  */
@@ -21,3 +22,5 @@ export class ParseError extends Error {
  */
 export const State = value => Object.freeze([[], Iter.from(value)])
 
+export const parse = curry((parser, input) => parser(State(input)))
+