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teatime

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tea·time  (ttm)
n.
The usual or traditional time for serving tea, as late afternoon.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.teatimeteatime - a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"
meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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teatime [ˈtiːtaɪm] N (esp Brit)
1. (= time for drinking tea) → hora f del
at teatimea la hora del té
2. (= time of evening meal) → hora f de cenar

teatime [ˈtiːtaɪm] n (British) (in afternoon)l'heure f du thé; (in evening)l'heure f du dîner
tea towel n (British)torchon m
tea urn nfontaine f à thé

teatime [ˈtiːˌtaɪm] nora del tè
teatime [ˈtiːˌtaɪm] nora del tè

teatime ساعة تناول الشاي svačina sen eftermiddag Teestunde ώρα τσαγιού hora del té teehetki heure du thé vrijeme za večeru ora del tè ティータイム 티타임 theetijd tetid pora podwieczorku hora do chá время обеда middagsdags เวลาดื่มน้ำชา çay saati giờ ăn tối 茶歇时间


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In the first weeks the days were long; they often, at their finest, gave me what I used to call my own hour, the hour when, for my pupils, teatime and bedtime having come and gone, I had, before my final retirement, a small interval alone.
She had been in one of her bad states - though they had got better of late, rather than worse - for four days, when she came out of it in the evening, just at teatime, and said quite plainly, 'Joe.
Anna Mikhaylovna sat down beside him, with her own handkerchief wiped the tears from his eyes and from the letter, then having dried her own eyes she comforted the count, and decided that at dinner and till teatime she would prepare the countess, and after tea, with God's help, would inform her.
 
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