after
/ˈæftəɹ/ conjunction B1- Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause. · The show ends after the fat lady sings.· After we had decided to call it a day, I went home.
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Dorothy nodded gravely and the Queen made a curtsy, after which she became quite friendly with the little girl.
After a great deal of hard work, for the Lion was heavy, they managed to get him up on the truck.
“I remember, when we first knew her in Hertfordshire, how amazed we all were to find that she was a reputed beauty; and I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, ‘_She_ a beauty!
After you’ve finished the dishes go up-stairs and make your bed.”
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