time Flashcards
1
Q
any period of seven days, especially from Sunday to Saturday
A
week
2
Q
A specially celebrated anniversary, especially a 25th and 50th anniversary
A
jubilee
3
Q
the sixtieth part of an hour, sixty seconds
A
minute
4
Q
a period of a hundred years
A
century
5
Q
a period of two weeks
A
fortnight
6
Q
a period of five years
A
lustrum
7
Q
a period of 1000 years
A
millenium
8
Q
a period of ten years
A
decade
9
Q
every fourth year, which has 366 days instead of 365
A
leap year
10
Q
one of the two periods of about 6 months that the school year is divided into
A
semester
11
Q
for a short period of time but not permanently
A
for the time being
12
Q
early enough
A
(just) in time
13
Q
separately or in groups of two, three, etc.
A
one at a time
14
Q
soon
A
before long
15
Q
during the period until a particular time or date
A
by the time
