from time to time

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Occasionally;sometimes;once in a while.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:occasionallyc.1591–1595(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene iii]:I'll find out your man, / And he shall signifyfrom time to time/ Every good hap to you that chances here.1815February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter XXV, inGuy Mannering; or, The Astrologer.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:[…]James Ballantyne and Co.forLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,[…]; andArchibald Constable and Co.,[…],→OCLC:On these red embers Hatteraickfrom time to timethrew a handful of twigs.1907August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, andfrom time to timesquinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.1922October,T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part III. The Fire Sermon.”, inThe Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.:Boni and Liveright, published December 1922,→OCLC,page29, lines196–197:But at my backfrom time to timeI hear / The sound of horns and motors,[…]1956October, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page688:From time to timein both directions the engine was blowing off, so there was no shortness of steam.1960December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, inTrains Illustrated, page743:From time to timethe coaches of the Lötschberg Railway itself, which in comfort anddécorcan rank with the finest in Europe today, travel far from the frontiers of Switzerland on through workings such as these.2008,BioWare,Mass Effect(Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Data Discs Codex entry:Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society.From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed.2023November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, inRAIL, number996, page30:Life on Earth has developed over billions of years, largely unaffected by the solar storms that wash over our planetfrom time to time.; (law)In whatever status exists at various times.2015, Richard Painter, Ann Holmes,Cases and Materials on Employment Law, page90:This is another way of saying that the terms of the individual contracts are in part to be found in the agreed collective agreements as they existfrom time to time[…]; (obsolete)Continuously from one time to another; at all times,constantly.1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, inThe Faerie Queene.[…], London:[…][John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:So was she trayned vpfrom time to time, / In all chast vertue, and true bounti-hed / Till to her dew perfection she was ripened.

Examples:

EN: Donald Peabody, who, from time to time, worked, but his real occupation was gossip.
ES: Donald Peabody, quien, de vez en cuando, trabaja. Es autentico la ocupación es el chisme.
EN: Why do not you change one of these parties for a quiet evening, from time to time?
ES: ¿Porqué no cambias una de estas fiestas por una velada tranquila, de vez en cuando?
EN: Now Sergeant, look in from time to time and when I pull my handkerChief from my pocket so, break up the game by telling them that they're all free to go home.
ES: Ahora, Sargento, venga de vez en cuando a echar un vistazo. Y cuando yo saque mi pañuelo de mi bolsillo, así interrumpa el juego, diciéndoles que todos son libres de irse a casa ¿Está claro?
EN: I do think of them from time to time.
ES: Pienso en esas cosas de vez en cuando.
EN: Yes; a lady in black, always in black who came to see me from time to time
ES: Sí, una dama siempre de negro, que venía a verme de vez en cuando.
EN: They could ask me from time to time!
ES: ¡Podían preguntarme de vez en cuando!
EN: You know, I bully Marius from time to time, but he's my son, after all.
ES: Sabe, yo matoneo a Marius de vez en cuando pero es mi hijo después de todo
EN: Goat meat is only eaten when a goat dies. This happens from time to time on the steep slopes.
ES: Sólo se consume carne de cabra cuando alguna se mata, cosa que sucede a veces cuando el suelo es abrupto y los senderos escarpados.
EN: Isn't it true that the plaintiff was in the habit of giving you sums of money from time to time, for your own personal use.
ES: ¿Es verdad que la demandante acostumbraba darle dinero? Sí, cierto.
EN: I shall be dropping in from time to time.
ES: Sí, sin duda. Pasaré por aquí de vez en cuando.
EN: If you should visit from time to time... I'd be very happy.
ES: Si me visitan de tanto en tanto... me harán feliz.
EN: - Yes, she came by from time to time.
ES: Sí, venía a casa de vez en cuando.
EN: Once, our enemies worried us and persecuted us and, from time to time... removed the lesser elements from the Movement for us.
ES: Una vez, nuestros enemigos nos inquietaron y persiguieron y, de vez en cuando, quitaron de en medio los elementos inferiores del Movimiento por nosotros
EN: So you'll tell that Miss Gärtner that we, Eugen and I, will also visit her from time to time.
ES: Así que dígale a esa srta. Gärtner... que nosotros, Eugen y yo, también la visitaremos de vez en cuando.
EN: Now, I hope that the pilot within you will surface from time to time... but your attitude is being more irrational every day.
ES: Deje de pensar como un aviador. Cuanto más pasa el tiempo, más insensateces dice.

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