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a time

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
a time n	(a period, a while)	un rato art + nm
	Come and sit with me for a time.
	Ven y siéntate un rato conmigo.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
have a whale of a time v expr	(have a lot of fun)	pasarla bomba expr
many a time adv	(often)	muchas veces, a menudo loc adv
	Many a time I have longed to be somebody else.
	Muchas veces he deseado ser otra persona.
		más de una vez loc adv
	Más de una vez he querido ser otra persona.
once upon a time adv	(start of a fairy tale)	había una vez expr
		érase una vez expr
		érase que se era expr
	Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived an orphan girl with her wicked stepmother.
	Había una vez, en una tierra lejana, una niña huérfana que vivía con su malvada madrastra.
one at a time adv	(one by one)	de a uno, de a una loc adv
		de uno en uno, de una en una loc adv
		uno por uno, una por una loc adv
	Customers are only allowed into the store one at a time.
	Los clientes solo pueden entrar a la tienda de a uno.
one day at a time expr	(not worry about the future)	vivir el presente expr
	Jasmine told her daughter not to worry too much, and to live one day at a time.
one step at a time adv	(gradually, progressively)	paso a paso loc adv
		una cosa por vez loc adv
there is a time and a place for everything, there is a time and place for everything expr	(responding to [sth] inappropriate)	no es momento para esto expr

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