long spell

collocation in English

meaningsoflongandspell

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long
adjective
uk
/lɒŋ/us
/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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spell
noun[C]
uk
/spel/us
/spel/
a period of time for which an activity or condition ...
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(Definition oflongandspellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is quite alongspellwhen people will simply not be there.
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The transport situation was, of course, affected by thelongspellof severe weather.
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We had a long,longspellof questioning the other side.
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Owing to thelongspellof frost only about 22 acres of the 65 to 70 acres to be cultivated have been ploughed.
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That situation may arise from the heavy cost of alongspellin a foreign hospital, or from the equally heavy cost of transport home.
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He will already have done a verylongspellin prison.
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She was beginning to need fuel and her crew required relief after the unusuallylongspellshe had had there compared with previous experience.
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Their best hope for the future will be to take advantage of their nextlongspellin opposition.
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If one goes committing a burglary one night, and then commits another the next night, and so on, one will have a fairlylongspell.
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If beds were available for those patients it would save them alongspellin sanatoria.
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For many elderly people, this is a property-disowning democracy for those who require alongspellof care.
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The prospect of alongspellin prison is likely to be a highly effective deterrent.
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How can we find suitable employment for people over 56 who have had alongspellof unemployment?
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This is inevitable after thelongspellof unemployment through which thousands of our fellow citizens have recently been passing.
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We have had alongspellon this matter.
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There was a record crop, which, unfortunately, coincided with alongspellof wet weather during harvest time and immediately after.
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The worst that can befall them is alongspellin prison, where they will be free to continue their work of destruction.
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We wish you every possible good fortune and alongspellof office in the high position to which you have been called.
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The soldier requires alongspellto get over the feeling.
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The country is tired of thislongspellof depression.
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