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I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of honesty. There's an honesty in fiction that's as effective or even more powerful than the honesty of our lives. We can find something that's genuinely true, like a chemistry between people or a statement that speaks to an audience.
Shane Black

Meaning of "once in a while" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ONCE IN A WHILE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONCE IN A WHILE

once
once and away
once and for all
once bitten, twice shy
once in a blue moon
once or twice
once upon a time
once-only
once-over
oncer
onchocerciases
onchocerciasis
oncidium
oncogen
oncogene
oncogenesis
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ONCE IN A WHILE

Anglophile
audiophile
awhile
bibliophile
chile
cinephile
erewhile
erstwhile
hydrophile
meanwhile
nucleophile
otherwhile
paedophile
pedophile
Santiago de Chile
somewhile
the while
wait-a-while
while
worthwhile

Synonyms and antonyms of once in a while in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ONCE IN A WHILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «once in a while» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of once in a while

Translation of «once in a while» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONCE IN A WHILE

Find out the translation of once in a while to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of once in a while from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «once in a while» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

曾经在一段时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de vez en cuando
570 millions of speakers

English

once in a while
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक समय में एक बार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من حين الى حين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раз в то время
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de vez em quando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একবার কোন একটি সময়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de temps à autre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kadang kala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ab und zu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

たまに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한번 날
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

sapisan ing nalika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một lần trong một thời gian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எப்பொழுதாவது ஒருமுறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कधी कधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arada bir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tanto in tanto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

raz na jakiś
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

саме в той час
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

din când în când
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μία φορά σε μια στιγμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

een keer in ´n rukkie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

då och då
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

en gang i blant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of once in a while

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONCE IN A WHILE»

The term «once in a while» is very widely used and occupies the 17.585 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONCE IN A WHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «once in a while» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «once in a while» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about once in a while

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10 QUOTES WITH «ONCE IN A WHILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word once in a while.
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Ryan Adams
Maybe I am a jerk sometimes. Maybe I'm not. I think most people are kind of a jerk once in a while.
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David J. Anderson
There are two things I enjoy most about my work. First, I get to work with interesting and enthusiastic people who are also fired up about science. Second, every once in a while I have moments in which I suddenly understand the solution to a problem that I've been working on - those are great moments.
3
Loni Anderson
My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?
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Sebastian Bach
I still get crazy once in a while, but just less crazy.
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Ralph Bakshi
I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.
6
Elizabeth Banks
Every once in a while I play a true idiot, and they're really fun to play.
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Mike Birbiglia
I think that my regrets mostly have to do with my relationship with my ex-girlfriend. Every once in a while, you get those flashback memories of conversations you had with your exes, and you just, like, wince when you're walking down the street. Something occurs to you, 'Oh, no, I said that.'
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Shane Black
I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of honesty. There's an honesty in fiction that's as effective or even more powerful than the honesty of our lives. We can find something that's genuinely true, like a chemistry between people or a statement that speaks to an audience.
9
Jeffrey Brown
Just about everything put out by Top Shelf and Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics is what I keep up with. And once in a while, I'll read the more mainstream comics - I like Grant Morrison's writing and some of Warren Ellis' stuff, although maybe they're more on the fringe of the mainstream.
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Paul Butcher
Doing drama is a very welcome departure from comedy. Although I love doing both, I like to change it up a bit once in a while with roles in serious drama.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONCE IN A WHILE»

Discover the use of once in a while in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to once in a while and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Once In A While
Based on the life of Benjamin Britten.
Paul Godfrey, 1990
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The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrong
"Once in a While"* Table 9.3. Structural Outline of "Once in a While" [C Major] William H. Butler, the composer of "Once in a While," may be the "William" or " Billy Butler" listed as a saxophonist / violinist in Charles "Doc" Cooke's band for its ...
Gene Henry Anderson, Michael J. Budds, 2007
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Miracles Do Happen Once In a While (I Got One)
Minister Ray. need to go to sleep and there are dudes here from L.A. who I thought would try to kill me. She started yelling asking where I belonged. I had the slightest Idea what ship or division I belonged to. So her and a couple other chiefs ...
Minister Ray, 2013
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Godfrey Plays: 1
Paul Godfrey is "so good, so nervy and alert with imagination and intelligence" (Sunday Times) Includes the plays: Inventing a New Colour "Godfrey's appealing first play is, with its ominous signs of disjunction, like a surrealist painting ...
Paul Godfrey, 2009
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Building Fluency Through Practice & Performance: Grade 4: ...
Bring me little water, Sylvie, Every little once in a while. Don't you hear me calling, Sylvie? Don't you hear me calling now? Don't you hear me calling, Sylvie, Every little once in a while? Gettin' mighty thirsty, Sylvie. Gettin' mighty thirsty now.
Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith, 2008
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Garner's Modern American Usage
By convention, once isn't hyphenated either adverbially <a once powerful monarch> or adjectivally <the once and future king>. Cf. often (b) & then (a). once in a while. So written. The phrase is occasionally disfigured into a mondegreen— e.g.: ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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No Bullying Program Director's Manual
Beverly B. Title, PH.D. What's Happening? 1 . I am a □ Girl □ Boy 2. I get bullied at school. I am pushed, kicked, or hit. EE Never EE Once in a while EE A lot EE Every day 3. I get bullied at school. I am called names, put down, teased, or left ...
Beverly B. Title, PH.D., 2001
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The Beer Can by the Highway: Essays on What's American about ...
Once in a while you see white roads taped across the landscape, and if they cross the track the diesel honks at them. Once in a while you see a lonely schoolhouse, usually of wood, with a flag flying briskly from a pole in front and a yellow bus ...
John A. Kouwenhoven, 1988
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Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that ...
America's. Strength. December 22, 1976 Every once in a while it's important that we look at the balance sheet so we'll know what it is we're trying to save. I'll be right back. I know that I've used these ...
Ronald Reagan, Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, 2001
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Once in a Lifetime
I was crazy in love with you.” “What a mess,” he said. “All that pain for nothing. You changed so much I didn't recognize you, though once in a while, you seemed familiar in some way.” “At school, I wore gray contact lenses, thinking that would.
Gwynne Forster, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONCE IN A WHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term once in a while is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bautista, MLB strike back against Dominican bashing: Griffin
SEATTLE—Every once in a while pro sports needs a Colin Cowherd moment to remind it that racism is not dead in North American society. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
2
Fans Discover Creepy Scrapped Skyrim Features, Add Them Back In
... just me, but if I'm gonna play a blood-soaked mass murderer, it'd at least be cool if some games handed me a mirror every once in a while. «Kotaku Australia, Jul 15»
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Starwatch: Two full moons in a month might make stargazers blue
Every once in a while, the moon will lie exactly at a point between Earth and the sun, and we have a solar eclipse. Waxing crescent moon. «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
4
Fire crews used old home for hands-on training
“Every once in a while a home or other building slated for demolition becomes available to us. This affords our personnel the opportunity to ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
5
Head to head: Why the minimum wage should be increased
I was told the company increased wages only once in a while, across the board, not to individuals just because they were struggling to survive. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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A college grad's guide to managing your money
And if they say no to a bigger paycheck, see if they'll give you a few more vacation days or the chance to work from home once in a while. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
7
The Indians Refuse To Trade Mike Aviles While His Daughter …
... for showing that even though professional sports is a rough and tumble business, it doesn't hurt to show a little kindness once in a while. «UPROXX, Jul 15»
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Senior Speed Dating Comes To Kansas City To Help People Find …
“Just to maybe go out once in a while, do something with once in a while, you know, a friend,” she said. Two new speed-dating events will be ... «KCUR, Jul 15»
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A father's struggle
Only some Bangladeshis buy them once in a while. Whatever I get is my income,” said Musa, who looks much older than his age. His tabiz for ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
10
Police set up sting at dangerous Des Plaines crosswalk
I came out and saw who it was and it was a woman who always comes in here usually on the weekends with her husband, once in a while by ... «WLS-TV, Jul 15»

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