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early Adjective [-lier, -liest] 1. occurring or arriving before the correct or expected time 2. in the first part of a period of time: early April 3. near the beginning of the development or history of something: early Britain was very primitive, early models of this car rust easily Adverb 1. occurring or arriving before the correct or expected time 2. in the first part of a period of time 3. near the beginning of the development or history of something: early in the war [Old English ǣrlīce]
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early adverb 1. in good time, beforehand, ahead of schedule, in advance, with time to spare, betimes (archaic) << OPPOSITE late Translationsadj (gen) → temprano; [reply] → pronto; [man] → primitivo (= first) [Christians, settlers] → primero; to have an early night → acostarse temprano; in the early or early in the spring/19th century → a principios de primavera/del siglo diecinueve; adj → précoce, qui se manifeste (or se fait) tôt or de bonne heure; [Christians, settlers] → premier/ière; [reply] → rapide; [death] → prématuré(e); [work] → de jeunesse; in the early or early in the spring/19th century → au début or commencement du printemps/19ème siècle; you're early! → tu es en avance!; she's in her early forties → elle a un peu plus de quarante ans or de la quarantaine; (ahead of time) → zu früh adj → früh; (Christians) → Ur-; (death, departure) → vorzeitig; (reply) → baldig; in the early hours → in den frühen Morgenstunden; adj → precoce; anticipato/a; che si fa vedere di buon'ora; [man] → primitivo/a; [Christians, settlers] → primo/a; early in the morning/afternoon → nelle prime ore del mattino/del pomeriggio; in the early or early in the spring/19th century → all'inizio della primavera/dell'Ottocento; she's in her early forties → ha appena passato la quarantina; |
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Maybe I understood because I saw her in that early hour of the morning when even the stony Memnon sings, in that mystical light of the young day when divine exiled things, condemned to rough bondage through the noon, are for a short magical hour their own celestial selves, their unearthly glory as yet unhidden by any earthly disguise. It was seen early in the morning, rushing over Winchester eastward, a line of flame high in the atmosphere. Last night, old Sanna carried so many buckets of water into the house that I asked her why she was doing that, and she said that if I would promise not to tell anyone, and she said that early tomorrow morning when father was out hunting, she would set the kettle full of water, throw you into it and boil you; but we will get up quickly, dress ourselves, and go away together. |
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