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31for the time being — also {literary}[for the nonce] {adv. phr.} For now; for a while; temporarily. * /I haven t any note paper, but this envelope will do for the time being./ * /She hasn t found an apartment yet; she s staying with her aunt for the time being./ …
32For Esmé with Love and Squalor — is a short story by J. D. Salinger. Originally published in The New Yorker on April 8, 1950, it was anthologized in Salinger s Nine Stories two years later. (While the story collection s American title is Nine Stories , it is actually known as… …
33For All the Saints — was written as a processional hymn by the Anglican Bishop William Walsham How. The hymn was first printed in Hymns for Saint s Days, and Other Hymns , by Earl Nelson, 1864.TuneThe hymn was sung to the melody Sarum , by Victorian composer Joseph… …
34for a song — {adv. phr.}, {informal} At a low price; for a bargain price; cheaply. * /He sold the invention for a song and its buyers were the ones who got rich./ * /They bought the house for a song and sold it a few years later at a good profit./ …
35for good — also[for good and all] Permanently, forever, for always. * /The lost money was gone for good./ * /He hoped that the repairs would stop the leak for good./ * /When John graduated from school, he decided that he was done with study for good and all …
36for the better — {adj.} or {adv. phr.} With a better result; for something that is better. * /The doctor felt that moving Father to a dry climate would be for the better./ * /The new large print in the book is a change for the better./ Compare: TAKE A TURN.… …
37for a song — {adv. phr.}, {informal} At a low price; for a bargain price; cheaply. * /He sold the invention for a song and its buyers were the ones who got rich./ * /They bought the house for a song and sold it a few years later at a good profit./ …
38for good — also[for good and all] Permanently, forever, for always. * /The lost money was gone for good./ * /He hoped that the repairs would stop the leak for good./ * /When John graduated from school, he decided that he was done with study for good and all …
39for the better — {adj.} or {adv. phr.} With a better result; for something that is better. * /The doctor felt that moving Father to a dry climate would be for the better./ * /The new large print in the book is a change for the better./ Compare: TAKE A TURN.… …
40For Human Rights in United Latvia — Latvian: Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā Russian: За права человека в единой Латвии …
