[English] The Oxford 3000 Most Important Words
ənˈtɪl I Conjunction Bre Wait Rain Stops Spoke
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BrE / ənˈtɪl / NAmE / ənˈtɪl / |
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- let's wait until the rain stops.
- until she spoke i hadn't realized she wasn't english.
- you're not going out until you've finished this.
- until now i have always lived alone.
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until(conjunction)BrE / ənˈtɪl / NAmE / ənˈtɪl / - up to the point in time or the event mentioned
- Let's wait until the rain stops.
- Until she spoke I hadn't realized she wasn't English.
- You're not going out until you've finished this.
- Until now I have always lived alone.
- They moved here in 2009. Until then they'd always been in the London area.
- He continued working up until his death.
- The street is full of traffic from morning till night.
- You can stay on the bus until London (= until you reach London).
Word Origin- Middle English: from Old Norse und ‘as far as’ + till ‘until’ (the sense thus duplicated).
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