a while

ə waɪl
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Translation of a while into Russian

Noun

1.

time

period of time
  • I haven't seen her in a while..Я не видел её некоторое время.
2.

short duration

short time
  • It will only take a while to finish..Займет немного времени, чтобы закончить.
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Expressions with a while: examples in English and translations in Russian

некоторое время назад
давно
I met him a while back at the conference.
спустя время
через некоторое время
After a while, he decided to leave.
какое-то время
некоторое время
He will be away for a while.
через некоторое время
позже
I'll call you back in a while.
остаться ненадолго
задержаться
Please stay a while and have some coffee.
некоторое время назад
недавно
I saw her a while ago.

Synonyms and analogies of a while in English

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Examples of a while in a sentence

  • She stayed silent for a while before responding.
  • He rested for a while before continuing.
  • Wait here for a while, please.

Translations of "a while" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adverb
некоторое времяadv. - nekotoroye vremya

Figuring out which book to read next took her a while.

Выбор следующей книги для чтения занял у неё некоторое время.

The baggage reclaim takes a while, especially during peak travel seasons.

Выдача багажа занимает некоторое время, особенно в период пиковых нагрузок.

много времениadv. - mnogo vremeni

And that it will be a while before she gets back.

И что пройдёт много времени, прежде чем она поправится.

It took quite a while to finish the project, but it was worth it.

Завершение проекта заняло много времени, но результат того стоил.

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a while: Examples and translations in context

It took a while, but they eventually put through my important call.

Потребовалось некоторое время, но в итоге они переключили мой важный звонок.

The company changed its logo a while back to appear more modern.

Компания сменила логотип некоторое время назад, чтобы казаться более современной.

I saw him a while back, but we haven't spoken since then.

Я видел его некоторое время назад, но с тех пор мы не общались.

I read that article a while back, so my memory of it's fuzzy.

Я читал ту статью некоторое время назад, поэтому помню её расплывчато.

She moved to another city a while back and never returned.

Она переехала в другой город некоторое время назад и так и не вернулась.

It took her a while to puzzle out the solution from the jumble.

Ей потребовалось некоторое время, чтобы разгадать решение из этой путаницы.

I heard a strange thing from my colleagues a while ago.

Я от своих коллег некоторое время назад слышала странную вещь.

She went to the window and looked for him a while.

Она подошла к окну и некоторое время в него смотрела.

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