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You can use the word "second" to describe the amount of time that has passed or to order items or actions. For example: "I will come to the meeting in a second."
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second
noun
One that is number two in a series.
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Amy dropped what she was doing, went black in the eyes for a second and wheeled around on him.
Jeff Carter scored in the opening minute of the second and third periods for the Kings, who became the first road team to win in the series.
Then came the second world war and the horrors of the nuclear bomb.
So by saying I hope people will think carefully, you imply the second.
He changed the designation of his second home when his circumstances changed in accordance with the rules.
It was also reported that Darling "flipped" the location of his second home four times in four years, allowing him to claim thousands of pounds towards the cost of his Edinburgh home and a London flat.
Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister for a second time, three years after being deposed, and now faces the daunting task of reworking policy and replacing more than one-third of the cabinet just months before an election.
The equal marriage bill was given an overwhelming second reading by 400 votes to 175, a majority of 225.
This was the second time in seven months that Hill has come close to the death chamber: last July he was spared by just 90 minutes and the experience was repeated on Tuesday night with just 30 minutes to go.
It has the second largest oil reserves among the former Soviet republics after Russia, and its oil exports are expected to soar as its huge Kashagan oil field, in the Caspian Sea, develops.
In the second day of hearings on Tuesday, the judges described the two-year-old law as fundamentally changing the relationship between the individual and the government, giving Congress virtually unlimited power to force people to buy products for their own good.
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