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2008.06.03(Review of 2004.01.06 edition)
Take any period of time - a day, a week, a year - anytime at all, and divide it into three equal pieces. Now what would you call each piece? Read on for the answer!
EARLY / MID- / LATE 初期の/中間の/末期の
- Early means near the beginning of a period of time.
When the expression mid- comes before a month or other period of time, it means in the middle of that period of time.
Late means near the end of a period of time. - early は、始まりに近い、初期の、上旬の、という意味です。
月や、その他の期間を表す言葉の前に mid- をつけると、中間の、中旬の、という意味になります。
late は、終わりに近い、末期の、下旬の、という意味です。
- Many people choose to commute to the office in the early morning, before the rush hour begins.
- If you plant them now, they should begin to bloom in early June.
- Americans have to pay their taxes by mid-April.
- I didn't get married until I was in my mid-thirties (= around 35 years old).
- We were college students in the late '60s. What a time that was!
- Would you like a late-night snack before you go to bed?
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