środa, 6 listopada 2013

day and night... night and day...

day    /deɪ/ noun [C]
     1. a period of 24 hours, especially from 12 o'clock one night to 12 o'clock the next night

                    Warning: choose the correct preposition!
                        To talk about when something happened or will happen, don't say 'in/at this/that day', say 'on this/that day':
                                                 I will always remember where I was in that day.
                                                 I will always remember where I was on that day.

     2. used to refer to the period in 24 hours when it is naturally light
                    a bright, sunny day

night    /naɪt/ noun [C] DARK PERIOD     
     the part of every 24-hour period when it is dark because there is very little light from the sun 





sunrise    /ˈsʌn.raɪz/ noun      
     1. [U] (US informal also sun-up) the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky 
     2. [C] the appearance of the sky when the sun starts to rise 

sunset    /ˈsʌn.set/ noun
     
     1. [U] the time in the evening when you last see the sun in the sky 
     2. [C] the appearance of the sky in the evening before the sun goes down 

morning    BrE /ˈmɔː.nɪŋ/    AmE/ˈmɔːr-/ noun [C or U] 
     the part of the day from the time when the sun rises or you wake up until the middle of the day or lunch time

noon    /nuːn/ noun [U]
     twelve o'clock in the middle of the day, or about that time

afternoon    BrE /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/    AmE /ˌæf.tɚ-/ noun [C or U]
     the period which starts at about twelve o'clock or after the meal in the middle of the day and ends at about six o'clock or when the sun goes down

evening    /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/ noun [C or U]
     the part of the day between the end of the afternoon and night

midnight    /ˈmɪd.naɪt/ noun [U]
     12 o'clock in the middle of the night

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