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Sɪns Preposition She's Work Tuesday Lived I Eaten
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since |
WordType |
(preposition) |
Phonetic |
/sɪns/ /sɪns/ |
Example |
- she's been off work since tuesday.
- we've lived here since 2006.
- i haven't eaten since breakfast.
- he's been working in a bank since leaving school.
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Sound |
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Content |
since(preposition)/sɪns/ /sɪns/- from a time in the past until a later past time, or until now
- She's been off work since Tuesday.
- We've lived here since 2006.
- I haven't eaten since breakfast.
- He's been working in a bank since leaving school.
- Since the party she had only spoken to him once.
- ‘They've split up.’ ‘Since when?’
- That was years ago. I've changed jobs since then.
- used when you are showing that you are angry about something
- Since when did he ever listen to me?
Word Origin- late Middle English: contraction of obsolete sithence, or from dialect sin (both from dialect sithen ‘thereupon, afterwards, ever since’).
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