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1 awhile
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2 awhile
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3 bide
transitive verbbide one's time — den rechten Augenblick abwarten
* * *- academic.ru/115435/bide_one%27s_time">bide one's time* * *[baɪd]vt1.to \bide one's time den rechten Augenblick [o Moment] abwarten2. ( dated)to \bide awhile verweilen geh* * *[baɪd]vtto bide one's time —
to bide awhile (old) — verweilen (geh)
* * *bide [baıd]A v/t prät bode [bəʊd], bided, pperf bided, obs bid [bıd]2. obs einer Sache trotzen3. obs oder dial ertragenB v/i obs oder dial bleiben* * *transitive verb* * *v.erwarten v. -
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5 egyideig
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awhile — a•while [[t]əˈ(h)waɪl, əˈwaɪl[/t]] adv. use for a short time or period: Stay awhile[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE āne hwīle (dat.); see a I, while usage: The adverb awhile is always spelled as one word: We rested awhile. The noun phrase a… … From formal English to slang
awhile — adverb Date: before 12th century for a while Usage: Although considered a solecism by many commentators, awhile, like several other adverbs of time and place, is often used as the object of a preposition < for awhile there is a silence Lord… … New Collegiate Dictionary
awhile — adverb For some time; for a short time. Sit with me awhile. See Also: while … Wiktionary