i

From Old Norse í (“in”), from Proto-Germanic *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *én (“in”).

Møtet varte (i) to timer

Han var utenlands i mange år

I høst, i vår, i dag, i går


i

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in (“in, into”). Akin to English in.


forever

/fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/

Univerbation of for ever, from Middle English for ever, for evere. By surface analysis, for + ever. First attested in the late 14c., and first attested in the late 17c. as one word. Noun first attested in 1858.

for ever (alternative British)
fore'er (alternative)
for e'er (alternative)
Forever (alternative noun poetic)

I shall love you forever.

Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.

1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy, page 95:

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — for ever.

1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four:

(duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.

ለዘለዓለም

for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time

για πάντα (gia pánta, literally “for always”)

We had to wait forever to get inside.

That was forever ago.

She and Serena had been friends forever. Or nearly forever: forty-two years, beginning with Miss Kimmel's first grade.

1988, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in Breathing Lessons:

Anything in the world of transport takes forever to do, and costs far too much.

2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 35:

(duration, colloquial, hyperbolic) For a very long time, a seeming eternity.

eeuwig

(colloquially) for an excessively long time


για

gia (romanization)
γι’ (alternative)
γι (alternative)

Inherited from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “during; because of”). Doublet of διά (diá).

inh

για στάσου

Φυλακίστηκε για πέντε χρόνια.


until one is blue in the face

You can explain it until you're blue in the face, but he will never understand.

Poor Johnny one-note yelled willy nilly / Until he was blue in the face

1937, Rodgers and Hart, “Johnny One Note”:

(duration, idiomatic) For a hopelessly long time; used especially in respect to discussing, explaining, insisting, etc.


briefly

en-adv

briefly (comparative more briefly, superlative most briefly)

more briefly (comparative)
most briefly (superlative)

From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.

He only worked here briefly.

Instead, ddakji was played for dramatic effect earlier in the season — pitting two men who had forged a sweet bond against each other, making one of them briefly believe he’d been eliminated by his friend.

2023 December 7, Maya Salam, “‘Squid Game: The Challenge’: Hits, Misses and the Bizarre Ending”, in The New York Times:


around the clock

They worked around the clock to finish the project on time.

(duration, idiomatic) All the time, or seemingly all the time; constantly.


momentarily

The system will restart momentarily.

He told me, further, that the second coming was at hand--was looked for momentarily in Jerusalem.

1880, Lew Wallace, chapter 3, in Ben-Hur, a Tale of the Christ:

(US, proscribed, duration) In a moment or very soon; any minute now, any time now.


на

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *na, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-.

uxi

собака на пне

собака на пне ― sobaka na pne ― a dog on a stump

На что?

Э́то тебе́ на уда́чу!

Я на тебя́ 500 рубле́й поста́вил, не подведи́ меня́.

Ja na tebjá 500 rubléj postávil, ne podvedí menjá.

I've bet 500 roubles on you, don't let me down.

Пода́йте на пропита́ние!

Give [us] [something; money, food, etc.] to eat!

На кого́ рабо́таешь? На Алексе́я?

[with accusative]
(duration, value, purpose) for


all along

He thought he had me fooled, but I knew the truth all along.

(duration, idiomatic) For the entire time; always.


till death do us part

Originates from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The original wording is "till death us depart" (using the obsolete “to separate, part” sense of depart).

nb...

and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Churche: After the Use of the Churche of England.

Colophon: Imprinted at London in Fleetstrete, at the signe of the Sunne ouer against the conduyte, by Edvvarde VVhitchurche

(duration, idiomatic) Until death separates us; a common phrase stated between the bride and the groom at a Christian wedding, indicating a commitment to their union.

حَتَّى الْمَوْت عَلَيْنَا الْجُزْء

phrase said as part of wedding vows indicating commitment

죽음이 두 사람을 갈라 놓을 때까지

jugeumi du sarameul galla no'eul ttaekkaji


summarily

en-adv

summarily (comparative more summarily, superlative most summarily)

more summarily (comparative)
most summarily (superlative)

He covered the topic summarily in an answer to a question.

After this mention of the closing persecution, he summarily indicates all that the devil, and the city of which he is the prince, shall suffer in the last judgment.

1950, Marcus, transl. Dods, chapter 14, in The City of God, book XX, translation of original by Augustine of Hippo:

They didn't get shot to death in hold-ups, strangled to death in rapes, stabbed to death in saloons, bludgeoned to death with axes by parents or children or die summarily by some other act of God.

1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:

(duration) Over a short period of time, briefly.


all the time

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The public does not wish to be outraged in this way all the time.

1889 September 11, Mark Twain, “Last Words of Great Men”, in Buffalo Express:

Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

I couldn't live without your love
Now, I know you′re really mine
I gotta have you all the time

1966, Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent, Petula Clark (vocalist), I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (album)

The study found that there had been as many patent applications for artificial intelligence since 2013 as there were in all the time since the term AI was first used in the 1950s.

2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 2019-02-07:

(set phrase, duration) Always; constantly; for the complete duration.


ever since

I started smoking last year and have been coughing ever since.

I haven't met her ever since.

(duration) Continuously since a specified time or event.

sit ewig

continuously since a specified time or event


législature

From the Latin verb legō via the noun lēgislātor..

Le Président de l'Assemblée Nationale est élu pour la durée de la législature. (Article 32 of the Constitution of the French Republic, 4 October 1958)

The President of the National Assembly shall be elected for the life of a Parliament.

(duration) term of office, for a legislative body


de sol a sol

(duration) from dusk to dawn (from sunset to sunrise)