1. slow, time-consuming, sluggish
2. late (in the day), towards the end (of the day or night), until a time far into the day or night
3. later (than expected or usual), late, behind schedule, behind time, tardy, overdue, unpunctual
4. too late, havin...
1. to get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire)
2. to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake
3. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), to happen, to take place
1. to respond, to answer, to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)
2. to affect, to take a toll, to strike home, to have an effect on, to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.), to be a strain
1. to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate
2. to start up (a business, society, etc.), to open (e.g. a store), to establish
3. to start ..., to begin to ...
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not ...
1. indicates the subject of a sentence
2. indicates possession
3. but, however, (and) yet, though, although, while
4. and
5. used after an introductory remark or explanation
6. regardless of ..., whether ... (or not), no matter ...
7. indicates a des...