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Finally Suggest Long Period Time Wanted Expected Happen

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You use f______ to suggest that something happens after a long period of time, usually later than you wanted or expected it to happen.You use finally to suggest that something happens after a long period of time, usually later than you wanted or expected it to happen.
The word was finally given for us to get on board.
The food finally arrived at the end of last week and distribution began.
Finally, after ten hours of negotiations, the gunman gave himself up.
word finally
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adverb
You use finally to suggest that something happens after a long period of time, usually later than you wanted or expected it to happen.
The word was finally given for us to get on board.
The food finally arrived at the end of last week and distribution began.
Finally, after ten hours of negotiations, the gunman gave himself up.
You use finally to indicate that something is last in a series of actions or events.
The action slips from comedy to melodrama and finally to tragedy.
You use finally in speech or writing to introduce a final point, question, or topic .
Finally, who needs the theatre?
And finally, a word about the winner and runner-up.
cefr-level A2

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