a long time ago

  • 41time — time1 [ taım ] noun *** ▸ 1 quantity clock measures ▸ 2 period ▸ 3 occasion/moment ▸ 4 time available/needed ▸ 5 how fast music is played ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount the quantity that you measure using a clock: Time seemed to pass more quickly than… …

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  • 42long — long1 adjective (longer, longest) 1》 of a great distance or duration.     ↘of a specified distance or duration.     ↘(of a ball in sport) travelling a great distance, or further than expected. 2》 relatively great in extent.     ↘having a… …

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  • 43time*/*/*/ — [taɪm] noun I 1) [U] the quantity that is measured in minutes, hours, days, years etc Einstein tried to define the relationship between space and time.[/ex] Time seemed to pass more quickly than before.[/ex] 2) [singular/U] the hours, minutes etc …

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  • 44time — I UK [taɪm] / US noun Word forms time : singular time plural times *** Metaphor: Time is like money or like something that you buy and use. I ve spent a lot of time on this project. ♦ We are running out of time. ♦ You have used up all the time… …

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  • 45long — Synonyms and related words: a mile long, ache, ache for, ache to, aeon, age, ages, aim, and night, aspire, be dying for, be dying to, be hurting for, big, blue moon, bull, bull account, burn to, century, choose to, clamor for, colossal, covet,… …

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  • 46Time of Your Life (comics) — Supercbbox title = Time of Your Life caption= schedule = Monthly publisher=Dark Horse Comics date = July 02 2008 (Part I)August 06 2008 (Part II)September 03 2008 (Part III)November 12 2008 (Part IV) issues = 4, #16 through #19 past current color …

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  • 47long —   Loa, loloa (usually spatially); lō ihi (also figuratively); kō (as a sound);    ♦ long and oval, omo omo;    ♦ long and narrow, oloolo;    ♦ long and sharp, pīoeoe.   Also: lōkihi, oe, oeoe, kīoeoe, makikoe, hāloa, peleleu, koloau, holowī,… …

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  • 48long before — much time before; a long time past, long ago …

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  • 49long since — adverb Date: 14th century 1. long ago < promises long since forgotten > 2. for a long time < has long since been a devoted friend > …

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  • 50time out of mind — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. from time immemorial, a long time, years ago; see old 3 , past 1 …

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