English Vocabulary in Use - 60 Time: once in a blue moon

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once in a blue moon

very infrequently

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all his born days

all his life

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in a mo / in a sec / in a tick / in less than no time / in a jiffy

very soon

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for donkey’s years / since the year dot

for a long time

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till the cows come home

for ever

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for keeps / for good

to keep for ever

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in the nick of time

only just in time

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over the hill / past it

too old

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9

has-been

person who is no longer famous

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in a flash / at a rate of knots

very quickly

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fleeting

brief or quick

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lengthy

continuing for a long time

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transient

lasting for only a short time; formal

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persistent

lasting for a long time or hard to stop or get rid of

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inexorable

continuing without hope of being stopped; formal

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incipient

just beginning; formal

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protracted

lasting for a long time or made to last longer; formal

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lingering

taking a long time to leave or disappear

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simultaneous

happening at the same time

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duration

amount of time that it lasted

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prolong

make it last longer

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at short notice

just a short time before it is due to happen

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repeatedly

many times

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