once+in+a+while
31once */*/*/ — UK [wʌns] / US adverb, conjunction, noun Summary: Once can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: I only met him once. ♦ They ve been here once before. as a conjunction: Once you get there, you ll love it. as a noun (after for or at ): For… …
32once — 1 /wVns/ adverb 1 ONE TIME on one occasion: I ve only met her once. | once before: Paul s been to Wexford once before. 2 once a week/year etc one time every week etc as a regular activity: We do aerobics once a week. 3 at once a) immediately or… …
33once — /wuns/, adv. 1. at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation. 2. a single time: We ate there just once. We go to a movie once a week. 3. even a single time; at any time; ever: If the facts once become known, it… …
34once*/*/*/ — [wʌns] grammar word summary: Once can be: ■ an adverb: I only met him once. ■ a conjunction: Once you get there, you ll love it. ■ a noun: For once I wish you d tell me the truth. ♦ Yes, I met him, but just the once. 1) on one occasion only Cathy …
35while — I [[t](h)waɪl[/t]] CONJUNCTION USES ♦ (Usually pronounced [[t](h)wa͟ɪl[/t]] for meaning 4. The form whilst is also used in formal or literary English, especially British English.) 1) CONJ SUBORD If something happens while something else is… …
36while — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, little, short ▪ fair, good, long, some ▪ Things continued quiet for some while …
37while — 1 /waIl/ conjunction 1 during the time that something is happening: They arrived while we were having dinner. | He got malaria while travelling in Africa. 2 if something happens while something else is happening, it happens at the same time as it …
38while — See: AFTER A WHILE or IN A WHILE, ALL THE TIME(1), EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ONCE IN A WHILE …
39while — See: AFTER A WHILE or IN A WHILE, ALL THE TIME(1), EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ONCE IN A WHILE …
40while — See: after a while or in a while, all the time(1), every now and then or every once in a while, once in a while …
