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by and by

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
by and by adv	(in a short while)	en un rato loc adv
		dentro de un rato loc adv
		de aquí a un rato loc verb
		poco más tarde loc adv
	Josie asked a stranger in the waiting room if he knew what time it was; by and by, the two of them were chatting like old friends.
	Josie le preguntó a unac extraña en la sala de espera si sabía qué hora era, y en un rato las dos estaban charlando como viejas amigas.
by and by adv	(eventually)	luego adv
	Be patient! I'll get around to it by and by.
	¡Ten paciencia! Nos vemos luego.
		dentro de un rato loc adv
	¡Ten paciencia! Me encargaré de ello dentro de un rato.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
by and large adv	(in general, on the whole)	en líneas generales, en términos generales loc adv
		en general loc adv
	Not everything about my job is good, but by and large, I enjoy it.
	No todo en mi trabajo es bueno, pero en líneas generales me gusta.
by leaps and bounds, in leaps and bounds expr	(rapidly)	rápidamente, velozmente adv
		precipitadamente adv
	The city has grown by leaps and bounds--the population has doubled in the last ten years.
	La ciudad ha crecido rápidamente, la población se ha multiplicado en los últimos diez años.
in the by-and-by expr	(in the future)	en el futuro loc adv

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