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  • 11and more — and even more, and yet, and still …

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  • 12yet */*/*/ — UK [jet] / US adverb, conjunction Summary: Yet can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: I haven t seen him yet. ♦ Have you had your lunch yet? ♦ His latest crime was the worst yet. ♦ I have yet to spend summer in the mountains. as a… …

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  • 13yet — yet1 W1S1 [jet] adv [: Old English; Origin: giet] 1.) a) used in negative statements and questions to talk about whether something that was expected has happened ▪ I haven t asked him yet (=but I will) . ▪ Has Edmund arrived yet? ▪ Have you… …

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  • 14yet — adv. & conj. adv. 1 as late as, or until, now or then (there is yet time; your best work yet). 2 (with neg. or interrog.) so soon as, or by, now or then (it is not time yet; have you finished yet?). 3 again; in addition (more and yet more). 4 in… …

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  • 15yet — 1 /jet/ adverb 1 (in questions or negatives) until now or until a particular time: Has Edmund arrived yet? | The potatoes aren t quite ready yet. see just 1 2 as yet an expression meaning until this moment, used in questions and negatives: We ve… …

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  • 16yet*/*/*/ — [jet] adv, conjunction 1) not before a particular time used for talking or asking about something that has not happened at a particular time, but will probably happen in the future She hasn t decided yet if she wants to come.[/ex] ‘Are you… …

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  • 17yet — /jɛt / (say yet) adverb 1. at the present time: don t go yet. 2. up to a particular time, or thus far: he had not yet come. 3. in the time still remaining, or before all is done: there is yet time. 4. now or then as previously; still: he is here… …

  • 18yet — [[t]yɛt[/t]] adv. 1) at the present time; now: Are they here yet?[/ex] 2) up to a particular time; thus far: They had not yet come[/ex] 3) in the time remaining: There is yet time[/ex] 4) to the present moment; as previously; still: He came this… …

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  • 19And Then There Were None (1974 film) — Infobox Film name = And Then There Were None image size = caption = director = Peter Collinson producer = Harry Alan Towers writer = Novel: Agatha Christie Screenplay: Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck ) Uncredited: Enrique Llovet narrator =… …

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  • 20and thereby hangs a tale — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s As You Like It. JAQUES: A fool, a fool! I met a fool i the forest, A motley fool; a miserable world! As I do live by food, I met a fool Who laid him down and bask d him in the sun, And rail d on Lady Fortune in… …

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