"now and then" meaning in English

See now and then in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˌnaʊ ən(d)ˈðɛn/ Audio: en-us-now_and_then.ogg , En-au-now and then.ogg
Etymology: Compare Dutch nu en dan, West Frisian no en dan. Etymology templates: {{ncog|nl|nu en dan}} Dutch nu en dan, {{ncog|fy|no en dan}} West Frisian no en dan Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} now and then (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: occasionally [synonym, synonym-of], sometimes [synonym, synonym-of], intermittently [synonym, synonym-of] Translations ((idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently): af en toe (Afrikaans), ժամանակ առ ժամանակ (žamanak aṙ žamanak) (Armenian), arabir (Azerbaijani), vaxtaşırı (Azerbaijani), de tant en tant (Catalan), ara i adés (Catalan), adesiara (Catalan), 偶爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 偶尔 (ǒu'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), 時而 (Chinese Mandarin), 时而 (shí'ér) (Chinese Mandarin), tu a tam (Czech), nu og da (Danish), af en toe (Dutch), nu en dan (Dutch), de tempo al tempo (Esperanto), fojfoje (Esperanto), silloin tällöin (Finnish), joskus (Finnish), de temps en temps (French), de temps à autre (French), ხანგამოშვებით (xangamošvebit) (Georgian), დროგამოშვებით (drogamošvebit) (Georgian), წამდაუწუმ (c̣amdauc̣um) (Georgian), კანტიკუნტად (ḳanṭiḳunṭad) (Georgian), დროდადრო (drodadro) (Georgian), hin und wieder (German), ab und zu (German), mitunter (German), πότε-πότε (póte-póte) (Greek), πού και πού (poú kai poú) (Greek), hébe-hóba (Hungarian), egyszer-egyszer (Hungarian), időnként (Hungarian), olykor (Hungarian), néha (Hungarian), olykor-olykor (Hungarian), néha-néha (Hungarian), ab un zu (Hunsrik), stöku sinnum (Icelandic), tempope (Ido), anois is arís (Irish), anois agus arís (Irish), di tanto in tanto (Italian), ogni tanto (Italian), 時々 (tokidoki) (Japanese), 偶に (tama ni) (Japanese), ເລື້ອຍໆ (lư̄ai lư̄ai) (Lao), interdum (Latin), av og til (Norwegian), nå og da (Norwegian), de quand en quand (Occitan), od czasu do czasu (Polish), raz na jakiś czas (Polish), co jakiś czas (Polish), vez por outra (Portuguese), de vez em quando (Portuguese), ocasionalmente (Portuguese), câteodată (Romanian), uneori (Romanian), când și când (Romanian), то и де́ло (to i délo) (Russian), времена́ми (vremenámi) (Russian), вре́мя от вре́мени (vrémja ot vrémeni) (Russian), an-dràsta 's a-rithist (Scottish Gaelic), corra uair (Scottish Gaelic), ту и тамо [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), с времена на време [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), некад и некад [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sada i tada [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), s vremena na vrijeme [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), de vez en cuando (Spanish), av och till (Swedish), till och från (Swedish), då och då (Swedish), paminsan-minsan (Tagalog), ara sıra (Turkish), bazen (Turkish), час від ча́су (čas vid čásu) (Ukrainian), bob hyn a hyn (Welsh), no en dan (West Frisian), út en troch (West Frisian)
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "roman": "ǒu'ěr",
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          "word": "偶尔"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "roman": "shí'ér",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "tu a tam"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "nu og da"
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          "word": "af en toe"
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          "word": "de tempo al tempo"
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          "word": "fojfoje"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "silloin tällöin"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "joskus"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "de temps en temps"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "de temps à autre"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xangamošvebit",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "ხანგამოშვებით"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "drogamošvebit",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "დროგამოშვებით"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣amdauc̣um",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "წამდაუწუმ"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "ḳanṭiḳunṭad",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "კანტიკუნტად"
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          "roman": "drodadro",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "hin und wieder"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "ab und zu"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "mitunter"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "πότε-πότε"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "roman": "tama ni",
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "lư̄ai lư̄ai",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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          "word": "de quand en quand"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "od czasu do czasu"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "raz na jakiś czas"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "co jakiś czas"
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          "word": "vez por outra"
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "de vez em quando"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "ocasionalmente"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "câteodată"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "uneori"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "când și când"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "то и де́ло"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "времена́ми"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vrémja ot vrémeni",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "вре́мя от вре́мени"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "an-dràsta 's a-rithist"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "corra uair"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ту и тамо"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "с времена на време"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "некад и некад"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "sada i tada"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "s vremena na vrijeme"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "de vez en cuando"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "av och till"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "till och från"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "då och då"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "paminsan-minsan"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "ara sıra"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "bazen"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čas vid čásu",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "час від ча́су"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "bob hyn a hyn"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "no en dan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
          "word": "út en troch"
        }
      ]
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        "English lemmas",
        "English merisms",
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Hunsrik translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Lao translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "Terms with West Frisian translations",
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        [
          "sometimes",
          "sometimes"
        ],
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          "intermittently",
          "intermittently"
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        "(idiomatic) Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently."
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          "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "af en toe"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žamanak aṙ žamanak",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ժամանակ առ ժամանակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "arabir"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "vaxtaşırı"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "de tant en tant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ara i adés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "adesiara"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "偶爾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǒu'ěr",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "偶尔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "時而"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shí'ér",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "时而"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "tu a tam"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "nu og da"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "af en toe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "nu en dan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "de tempo al tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "fojfoje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "silloin tällöin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "joskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "de temps en temps"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "de temps à autre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xangamošvebit",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ხანგამოშვებით"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "drogamošvebit",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "დროგამოშვებით"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣amdauc̣um",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "წამდაუწუმ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳanṭiḳunṭad",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "კანტიკუნტად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "drodadro",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "დროდადრო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "hin und wieder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ab und zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "mitunter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "póte-póte",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "πότε-πότε"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poú kai poú",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "πού και πού"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "hébe-hóba"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "egyszer-egyszer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "időnként"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "olykor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "néha"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "olykor-olykor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "néha-néha"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ab un zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "stöku sinnum"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "tempope"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "anois is arís"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "anois agus arís"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "di tanto in tanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ogni tanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tokidoki",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "時々"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tama ni",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "偶に"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lư̄ai lư̄ai",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ເລື້ອຍໆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "interdum"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "av og til"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "nå og da"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "de quand en quand"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "od czasu do czasu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "raz na jakiś czas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "co jakiś czas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "vez por outra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "de vez em quando"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ocasionalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "câteodată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "uneori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "când și când"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "to i délo",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "то и де́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vremenámi",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "времена́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vrémja ot vrémeni",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "вре́мя от вре́мени"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "an-dràsta 's a-rithist"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "corra uair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ту и тамо"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "с времена на време"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "некад и некад"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sada i tada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "s vremena na vrijeme"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "de vez en cuando"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "av och till"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "till och från"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "då och då"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "paminsan-minsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "ara sıra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "bazen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čas vid čásu",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "час від ча́су"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "bob hyn a hyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "no en dan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
      "word": "út en troch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "now and then"
}

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