1. to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue
2. to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.), to lag behind, to be behind (the times)
3. to be bereaved of, to be preceded by (someone) in death
4. to be slow (of a clock or w...
1. first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else
2. probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually
3. more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably
4. anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not ...
