the time has come for sth to happen

  • 121stop — An order to buy or sell at the market when a definite price is reached, either above (on a buy) or below (on a sell) the price that prevailed when the order was given. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. stop stop 1 [stɒp ǁ stɑːp] verb… …

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  • 122world — noun 1 the earth/its people ADJECTIVE ▪ known ▪ a medieval map of the known world ▪ entire, whole VERB + WORLD ▪ create …

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  • 123favour — fa|vour1 W2S1 BrE favor AmE [ˈfeıvə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(help)¦ 2¦(support/approval)¦ 3¦(popular/unpopular)¦ 4¦(advantage)¦ 5¦(choose something instead)¦ 6 do somebody/something no favours 7¦(unfair support)¦ …

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  • 124now — now1 W1S1 [nau] adv [: Old English; Origin: nu] 1.) at the present time ▪ They now live in the city centre. ▪ There s nothing I can do about this right now (=exactly now) . by now ▪ Sonia should have been home by now. Do you think she s OK? up to …

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  • 125used to — W2S1 [ˈju:st tu:] modal v 1.) if something used to happen, it happened regularly or all the time in the past, but does not happen now ▪ He used to go to our school. ▪ We re eating out more often than we used to. did not use to do sth ▪ You didn t …

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  • 126call*/*/*/ — [kɔːl] verb I 1) [T] to use a particular name or title for someone or something They called the area the Gold Coast.[/ex] The book was called The Journey.[/ex] Her name s Elizabeth, but we call her Liz.[/ex] 2) [T] to describe or refer to someone …

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  • 127up*/*/*/ — [ʌp] grammar word I summary: Up can be: ■ an adverb: Their voices could be heard up in our room. ■ a preposition: He climbed up the steps. ■ an adjective: the up escalator ■ used after the verb ‘to be : He was up early the next morning. 1) higher …

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  • 128change — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 becoming/making sb/sth different ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, dramatic, drastic, enormous, extensive, far reaching, fundamental, important …

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