brief spell

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandspell

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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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 ofbriefandspellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrief spell

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It has become farcical when water authorities have had to ask for water conservation after abriefspellof summer weather.
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These safeguards are intended to save us from ourselves when we happen to have abriefspellin power.
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Many young people subsequently enter the employment market, after abriefspellwith the programme.
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That may be allowed to happen as long as they return to the subject after abriefspellin the outlying area.
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Only the fact that we continue to drive stubbornly on the lefthand side of the road will, for abriefspell, spare us this further torment.
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He also had abriefspellas a comic.
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Yen was the club's first president for 13 years, between 1905 and 1918, and again for abriefspellin 1925.
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During abriefspellof freedom, he fathered a daughter with a girlfriend, but never knew about her.
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He had abriefspellas caretaker manager in 1996, and later gained the job on a permanent basis in 1998.
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He even had abriefspellas a clothes model, but he never felt comfortable doing that job.
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He did, however, spend two years serving as the club's youth team coach, and later had abriefspellas first team coach.
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The road continues for anotherbriefspellas a 40-mile-per-hour dual carriageway.
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After abriefspellas deputy head, he became head in 1953.
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He scored five goals in hisbriefspellwith the club.
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After abriefspellas a hospital, it entered into official use.
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Berengar thereby cemented his position as king and ruled undisputed, except for abriefspell, until 922.
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During hisbriefspell, he managed to be sent off on two occasions.
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She is addicted to the gas from an asthma inhaler, which induces an extremelybriefspellof euphoria.
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