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  Now \Now\ (nou), adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D.,
     OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth.
     nu, L. nunc, Gr. ny`, ny^n, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf.
     New.]
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     1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of
        speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
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              I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who
              discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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     2. Very lately; not long ago.
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              They that but now, for honor and for plate,
              Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
                                                    --Waller.
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     3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or
        contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
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              The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt.
                                                    xiv. 24.
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     4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; --
        hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an
        inference or an explanation.
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              How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite
              and a man of honor?                   --L'Estrange.
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              Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is? --Shak.
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              Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but
              Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii.
                                                    40.
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              The other great and undoing mischief which befalls
              men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by
              calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others
              in the way of slander.                --South.
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     Now and again, now and then; occasionally.
  
     Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely;
        occasionally; not often; at intervals. ``A mead here,
        there a heath, and now and then a wood.'' --Drayton.
  
     Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] ``Why,
        even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the
        turning down of this.'' --J. Webster (1607).
  
     Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another
        time. ``Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.''
        --Pope.
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  Then \Then\ ([th][e^]n), adv. [Originally the same word as than.
     See Than.]
     1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past
        or future).
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              And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii.
                                                    6.
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              Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
              also I am known.                      --1 Cor. xiii.
                                                    12.
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     2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
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              First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come
              and offer thy gift.                   --Matt. v. 24.
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     3. At another time; later; again.
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              One while the master is not aware of what is done,
              and then in other cases it may fall out to be own
              act.                                  --L'Estrange.
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     By then.
        (a) By that time.
        (b) By the time that. [Obs.]
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                  But that opinion, I trust, by then this
                  following argument hath been well read, will be
                  left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent
                  Antichrist.                       --Milton.
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     Now and then. See under Now, adv.
  
     Till then, until that time; until the time mentioned.
        --Milton.
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     Note: Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for
           then existing; as, the then administration.
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  Now \Now\, adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D., OS., &
     OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L.
     nunc, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf. New.]
     1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of
        speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
  
              I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who
              discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
  
     2. Very lately; not long ago.
  
              They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the
              sea blush with blood, resign their hate. --Waller.
  
     3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or
        contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
  
              The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt.
                                                    xiv. 24.
  
     4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; --
        hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an
        inference or an explanation.
  
              How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite
              and a man of honor ?                  --L'Estrange.
  
              Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? --Shak.
  
              Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but
              Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii.
                                                    40.
  
              The other great and undoing mischief which befalls
              men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by
              calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others
              in the way of slander.                --South.
  
     Now and again, now and then; occasionally.
  
     Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely;
        occasionally; not often; at intervals. ``A mead here,
        there a heath, and now and then a wood.'' --Drayton.
  
     Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] ``Why,
        even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the
        turning down of this.'' --J. Webster (1607).
  
     Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another
        time. ``Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.''
        --Pope.

  Then \Then\ ([th][e^]n), adv. [Originally the same word as than.
     See Than.]
     1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past
        or future).
  
              And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii.
                                                    6.
  
              Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
              also I am known.                      --1 Cor. xiii.
                                                    12.
  
     2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
  
              First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come
              and offer thy gift.                   --Matt. v. 24.
  
     3. At another time; later; again.
  
              One while the master is not aware of what is done,
              and then in other cases it may fall out to be own
              act.                                  --L'Estrange.
  
     By then.
        (a) By that time.
        (b) By the time that. [Obs.]
  
                  But that opinion, I trust, by then this
                  following argument hath been well read, will be
                  left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent
                  Antichrist.                       --Milton.
  
     Now and then. See under Now, adv.
  
     Till then, until that time; until the time mentioned.
        --Milton.
  
     Note: Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for
           then existing; as, the then administration.

  now and then
       adv : now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and
             occasionally callous"; "open areas are only
             occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they
             visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would
             take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us";
             "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then
             attracted his attention" [syn: occasionally, on
             occasion, once in a while, now and again, at
             times, from time to time]

  now and then
     Αγγλικά adv.
     (ετ ιδιωματισμός en) κάθε τόσο

  now and then
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently

  now and then
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently

  now and then
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently

  now and then
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently

  now and then /nˈaʊ and ðˈɛn/
  chvílemi

  now and then /nˈaʊ and ðˈɛn/
  občas

  now and then /nˈaʊ and ðˈɛn/
  gelegentlich, hin und wieder, hie und da, ab und zu/an, fallweise, zeitweise, von Zeit zu Zeit, immer wieder mal, mitunter [geh.] , bisweilen  [geh.]
     Synonyms: occasionally, every now and again, every so often, once in a while, from time to time
  

  now and then //ˌnaʊ ən(d) ˈðɛn// 
  silloin tällöin, joskus
  (idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently

  now and then /nauændθən/
  de temps en temps

  now and then /nˈaʊ and ðˈɛn/ 
  1. कभी~कभी
        "Now and then we go to the movies. "

  now and then /nˈaʊ and ðˈɛn/
  1. olykor
  2. hébe-hóba
  3. olykor-olykor
  4. idôközönként
  5. idônként
  6. néha
  7. néhanapján

  now and then //ˌnaʊ ən(d) ˈðɛn// 
  偶に, 時々
  (idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently

  now and then /nˈaʊ and ðˈɛn/
  tarpais, kartais, retkarčiais

  now and then /nauændθən/
  af en toe, bij tijd en wijlen, bij wijlen, nu en dan, van tijd tot tijd

  now and then //ˌnaʊ ən(d) ˈðɛn// 
  av og til, nå og da
  (idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently

  now and then /nauændθən/
  de quando em quando

  now and then //ˌnaʊ ən(d) ˈðɛn// 
  då och då, av och till, till och från
  (idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "now and then":
     at infrequent intervals, at intervals, at odd times, at times,
     at various times, betimes, betweentimes, betweenwhiles,
     ever and again, ever and anon, every so often, here and there, now,
     occasionally, on divers occasions, on occasion, once and again,
     only occasionally, only when necessary, sometimes
  
  

  时而，不时

     有时,不时,偶尔