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temporary English

Meaning temporary meaning

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temporary

Something is temporary if it's only for a short time. A tent was our temporary home after our house burned down in the fire. The middle of the floor is a temporary place for these books until I find room for them on the shelf.

temporary

(= impermanent) not permanent; not lasting politics is an impermanent factor of life — James Thurber impermanent palm cottages a temperary arrangement temporary housing (= irregular) lacking continuity or regularity an irregular worker employed on a temporary basis a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

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Topics temporary topics

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  • What words indicate that something will only last for some time and then end?

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Simple sentences

Love is simply a temporary hormonal imbalance.
I assured them that it was just a temporary solution.
You'll need a temporary bridge.
Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.
Does she come from the agency that sent the last temporary I had?
This arrangement is only temporary.
I got a temporary job at the firm.
Could I get some temporary treatment because I'll be going back to Japan soon?
They employ temporary workers.
The banker's pay cut was temporary, not permanent.
The dentist put in a temporary filling.
The roadblock is only temporary. It will be removed when the construction is finished.
It's only temporary.
I assure you this is only temporary.
I'm sure this is only temporary.
It's a temporary condition.
You must be the temporary we asked for.
A temporary government was established.
Following the docking failure of an unmanned Russian freighter to the International Space Station, its partners are considering a temporary mothballing of the station.
This is temporary.
Don't worry. It's only temporary.

Movie subtitles

And you need to fully feel that, and you need to face it, because this is just a temporary fix.
Despite appearances, the Marquis and Marquise de Tergall have temporary but very serious financial difficulties.
And, as an electrician, Morgan is temporary disqualified.
Of course, that's only temporary.
We have witnesses here from Mandrake Falls. his own hometown, who will tell of his conduct throughout his lifetime. proving that his derangement is neither a recent nor a temporary one.
But if you can manage a temporary accommodation, we'd do business.
A temporary officer risen from the ranks.
It's only temporary.
The bracelet was removed during a temporary loss of will and consciousness now known as schizophrenia but formerly known as hypnotism!
He's taken a temporary assistant.
This depression is temporary.
We plead guilty, Your Honor, with extenuating circumstances. due to temporary insanity, and throw ourselves on the mercy of the court.
A temporary arrangement only.
It gives Sargent temporary custody of a nameless boy, parents dead.
The Invisible Fluid in 1908 bestowed temporary invisibility on men and inanimate objects.
For a temporary paradise, are you willing to kick a helpless girl into a permanent hell?
We have witnesses from Mandrake Falls, who will tell of his conduct throughout his lifetime, proving that his derangement is neither a recent nor a temporary one.
This is temporary.
It uses the den of the mouse rabbit as a hatchery and a temporary home.
Well, perhaps it's only temporary.
Merely temporary, my friend.
You and your client wish to make a temporary exit from the port?
It's only a temporary indisposition.
Come on. This is only a temporary problem.
A phony Russian policeman, an anarchist. was to get me into the Foreign Affairs Ministry. with 3 other temporary workers who were. to move a rug on which the Czar's bed would be placed.
Don't worry, Mother. This is only temporary!
My temporary passport was up 3 months ago.
I've ordered some temporary splints for your legs in case there are any fractures.
I hope this condition is only temporary.
I'm afraid so. As you know, I only became chief of police to help your father out of a temporary difficulty.
Sounds very much like a case of temporary insanity.
Phillip's bidding the world a temporary farewell.

News and current affairs

First, we must make certain that the relevant legislation to meet the challenge of terrorism is strictly temporary.
In addition, after visits by the French, British, and German foreign ministers, Iran announced a temporary suspension of its enrichment program.
A final advantage of this solution is that it would be temporary.
First, short-term interest rates were already so low that everyone would see further cuts as temporary only.
The job can be done, but economic growth requires more than eliciting a temporary boost in investment and entrepreneurship.
All along, such unconventional policies were viewed as a temporary fix.
The upside of rebuilding - beyond the urgent restoration of normal life for thousands of people - is only a temporary palliative for an impaired economy.
After all, by capping spreads, the buyback facility would limit the downside risk while providing incentives to hold the bonds and wait for the upside - a good reason, perhaps, to make the facility a temporary offer.
They stopped the decline in the spring and early summer of this year, bringing the recession to what one hopes is more than a temporary halt.
Instead, the US should establish humane, secure, and legal mechanisms of temporary or permanent entry for people the American economy needs and wants, and it should work with, not against, governments in Latin America.
The subsequent Progressive Era was followed by a temporary return to plutocracy in the 1920's.
But, then, military rule is only a temporary measure, or so we reason.
Many central bankers and economists argue that today's rising global inflation is just a temporary aberration, driven by soaring prices for food, fuel, and other commodities.
Afghanistan was the only case where a military response was understandable: its government had, after all, given al-Qaeda a temporary territorial home.
Until recently, the Spanish authorities maintained that the problems in their country's real-estate sector were temporary.
That is because we have created a patent system that gives innovators a temporary monopoly over what they create, which encourages them to hoard their knowledge, lest they help a competitor.
The Maastricht treaty explicitly prohibits a eurozone country from leaving the euro, but says nothing about a temporary leave of absence (and therefore doesn't prohibit one).
Canada and the Philippines, for instance, have a well-functioning accord that protects the rights of temporary workers.
Spain, which allows for widespread temporary contracts, has had the biggest increase in unemployment, because Spanish workers can be fired as quickly as those in the US.
This gap has narrowed in the past couple of years, but much of the improvement probably reflects little more than the temporary impact of an unusually tough business cycle.
With a bit of temporary help, perhaps lasting around five years, farmers can build up enough wealth to obtain inputs on a market basis, either through direct purchases from savings or through bank loans.
It may also presuppose at least a temporary settlement of the main regional conflicts.
Observers might then read his recent efforts to improve relations with Japan, not to mention Vietnam, as a genuine strategic shift, rather than a temporary tactical adjustment.

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