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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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one-time vs once

0 The agreement came after new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived Friday in Beijing on his first overseas trip since his inauguration earlier this month -- a further sign of improving ties between the 01b00one-time02b00 Cold War rivals. 02br
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001. Is 'one-time' equal to 'once' in this context?02br
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002 Also, can I replace ties with relationships?02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10The agreement came after new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived Friday in Beijing on his first overseas trip since his inauguration earlier this month -- a further sign of improving ties between the 11b10one-time12b10 Cold War rivals. 11p

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00Re once please see def 202p

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01cite10optilang12cite10Re once please see def 211p

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10True enough. But you can't replace "one-time" with "once", at least not in the context N2G supplied in his original post.12br
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00I have heard Mr Bush speak incessantly about the 'special relationship' that exists between the USA and various other countries 0-
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101. Is 'one-time' equal to 'once' in this context?12br
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102 Also, can I replace ties with relationships?12br
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101. No. It means 'former'. 02br
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002. To me, it should be 'relationship'.0-
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0 Maybe I'm missing something here - but isn't the point that they were former Cold War rivals - they are no longer 0-
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01cite10optilang12cite10 Maybe I'm missing something here - but isn't the point that 11b10they were former Cold War rivals - they are no longer12b10 12blockquote
10One-time = former0-
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0Hi, 02br
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00Isn't one of the meanings for once former? For example, "I once heard a wise man say ...once is former" 050010id1
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0 once also can be used to mean former 0-
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