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"(idiomatic, sarcastic) Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "是時候"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shì shíhou",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "是时候"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "het werd tijd"
},
{
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "dat werd tijd"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "eindelijk"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "jam temp' está"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "on korkea aika"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "lopultakin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "vihdoinkin"
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{
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"word": "jo oli aikakin"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "c’est pas trop tôt"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "ce n’est pas trop tôt"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "bon débarras"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "j’ai failli attendre"
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "il était temps"
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"word": "Das wird auch langsam Zeit!"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "mikið var!"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "það var mikið!"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "það er mál til komið!"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "mál til komið!"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "era ora!"
},
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "beidzot!"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "sen jau bija laiks!"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "já era hora"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "já era tempo"
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"roman": "nakon'éc-to",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "наконец-то!"
},
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "no konečne!"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "je na čase!"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "ya va siendo hora"
},
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "det är/var på tiden"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "是時候"
},
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"roman": "shì shíhou",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "是时候"
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "het werd tijd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "dat werd tijd"
},
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "eindelijk"
},
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "jam temp' está"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "on korkea aika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "lopultakin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "vihdoinkin"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "jo oli aikakin"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "c’est pas trop tôt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "ce n’est pas trop tôt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "bon débarras"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "j’ai failli attendre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "il était temps"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Das wird auch langsam Zeit!"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "mikið var!"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "það var mikið!"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "það er mál til komið!"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "mál til komið!"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "era ora!"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "beidzot!"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "sen jau bija laiks!"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "já era hora"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "já era tempo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nakon'éc-to",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "наконец-то!"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "no konečne!"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "je na čase!"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "ya va siendo hora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "expression of impatience",
"word": "det är/var på tiden"
}
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"word": "it's about time"
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