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"A bad quarter of an hour" nghĩa là gì?
07 Mar, 2021
"A bad quarter of an hour" = mười lăm phút tồi tệ -> nghĩa là khoảng thời gian ngắn nhưng rất khó khăn, gian khổ.
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During the last episode of Monday Night Raw that aired (trình chiếu) in the Italian night, broadcast as always by WWE on USA Network, Reckoning staged her first single match since being part of the Retribution, with the ex-NXT girl who went, however, meeting a bad quarter of an hour, after losing his mask in the match.
In football, and especially in knockout (vòng loại) football, the best team doesn’t always win. An off-day, a bad quarter of an hour, or even a second’s failure by an individual, can bring about defeat against all the odds and all the expectations.
In the second Test however he had what Wisden described as a bad quarter of an hour, and that was that. When the side for the third Test was announced (thông báo) there was no Evans, Roy Swetman of Surrey replacing him in a move the selectors described as being in the interests of team building.
“What is it but a bad quarter of an hour — think of the reward.” These are the words of Father Timothy Leonard (1893-1929), the first of many martyrs (kẻ tử vì đạo) from the Missionary Society of St. Columban to die while trying to keep the faith alive in places that sought to obliterate Christianity.
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