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  • 1half past three — Cockney Rhyming Slang Tea Where s me bleeding cuppa arf past? …

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  • 2Billiards at Half-past Nine — infobox Book | name = Billiards at Half past Nine title orig = Billard um halb zehn translator = image caption = author = Heinrich Böll illustrator = cover artist = country = Germany language = German series = genre = Novel publisher = Penguin… …

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  • 3past — /past, pahst/, adj. 1. gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it s all past now. 2. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone: the past glories of the Incas. 3. gone by just before the… …

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  • 4half — 1 predeterminer, adjective (only before noun) 1 being half of an amount, time, distance, number etc: events that happened over half a century ago | Only half the guests had arrived by seven o clock. | The studio is only half a block away. | half… …

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  • 5half — half1 W1S1 [ha:f US hæf] predeterminer, pron, adj [only before noun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(50%)¦ 2¦(most of)¦ 3¦(time)¦ 4¦(combination)¦ 5 half a dozen 6 half a/the chance 7 half an eye/ear 8 be half the battle 9 half a minute/moment/second etc …

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  • 6half */*/*/ — UK [hɑːf] / US [hæf] adjective, adverb, noun, number, predeterminer, pronoun Word forms half : singular half plural halves UK [hɑːvz] / US [hævz] Summary: Half can be used in the following ways: as a predeterminer (followed by a word such as a ,… …

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  • 7past — [[t]pɑ͟ːst, pæ̱st[/t]] ♦ pasts (In addition to the uses shown below, past is used in the phrasal verb run past .) 1) N SING: the N The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened. In the past, about a third of the… …

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  • 8half*/*/*/ — [hɑːf] (plural halves [hɑːvz] ) grammar word summary: Half can be: ■ a determiner: We live half a mile up the road. ■ a pronoun: Let s share the prize money. You can have half. ♦ Half of us are still unemployed. ■ an adjective: We ordered a half… …

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  • 9past — past1 [ pæst ] function word *** Past can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): It s past your bedtime. I walked past the post office. as an adverb (without a following noun): A policeman walked past. Months went… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 10past */*/*/ — I UK [pɑːst] / US [pæst] adverb, preposition Summary: Past can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): It s past your bedtime. ♦ I walked past the post office. as an adverb (without a following noun): A policeman… …

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