Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
set time
English answer:
a certain / specific / pre-determined time
Added to glossary by
Lydia Molea
Apr 15, 2005 06:15
19 yrs ago
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English term
set time
English
Other
Management
Do busy work at one set time.
Responses
4 +5 | certain time | Lydia Molea |
4 +4 | at a speficic time | Sophie Raimondo |
4 | fixed time | Yvonne Becker |
3 | one definite time | petya yakova |
Responses
+5
1 min
Selected
certain time
pre-determined time
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Sophie Raimondo
1 min
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thanks
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agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
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thanks
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agree |
humbird
7 hrs
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thanks
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agree |
Can Altinbay
: As long as you add "a" at the beginning. Actually, the original sentence is quite fine on its own.
9 hrs
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thanks
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agree |
Robert Donahue (X)
15 hrs
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thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
10 hrs
fixed time
9 hrs
one definite time
do busy work at one definite time
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Note added at 10 hrs 6 mins (2005-04-15 16:21:50 GMT)
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Ok ian you nearly convinced me :-)
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Note added at 10 hrs 6 mins (2005-04-15 16:21:50 GMT)
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Ok ian you nearly convinced me :-)
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Can Altinbay
: Sorry, this does not read well.//"An explcit time" would work, but I never see it used. I still think the original is the best, with "specific" coming in second.
25 mins
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thanks,what about explicit time?
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+4
2 mins
at a speficic time
Sorry, I though this was English to French...
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Note added at 11 hrs 12 mins (2005-04-15 17:27:51 GMT)
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specific... of course
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Note added at 11 hrs 12 mins (2005-04-15 17:27:51 GMT)
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specific... of course
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Aimee
5 mins
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merci
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agree |
Can Altinbay
: This is OK, too, once we get the "f" and the "c" to take back their proper places. :) // Happens to all of us. It just happened to me. :)
9 hrs
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Thanks for pointing this out! I typed too fast ...;)
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agree |
conejo
: "at a specific time"
10 hrs
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thanks
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agree |
Robert Donahue (X)
15 hrs
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merci
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Discussion
many thanks