decided to cancel the trip and went back home.
We stopped for a meal on the way and after all we didn’t arrive until midnight.
We stopped for a meal on the way and in the end we didn’t arrive until midnight.
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afternoon
Afternoon we have classes until five o’clock.
In the afternoon we have classes until five o’clock.
School finishes at five in afternoon.
School finishes at five in the afternoon.
The afternoon I met them at the hotel and we went to the beach.
In the afternoon I met them at the hotel and we went to the beach.
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afterwards
1
We started going out together just to have fun, as friends. Afterwards we both
realized that there was more than just friendship.
We started going out together just to have fun, as friends. Later on we both
realized that there was more than just friendship.
Afterwards suggests that the next thing happens as soon as the last thing has finished: ‘On
Saturday morning I went to see Adrian in hospital. Afterwards I drove into town to do some
shopping.’
When there is a long interval or delay between two actions or events, use later on: ‘I couldn’t
understand why she hadn’t answered my letters. Later on I discovered that she had moved to a
new address.’
2
First you draw a long straight line. Afterwards you draw another line, parallel to the
first one.
First you draw a long straight line. Then you draw another line, parallel to the
first one.
To introduce the next action in a process or series of actions, use then: ‘Check that the paper is
properly loaded. Then press the start button.’ Compare: ‘We all had lunch together at one o’clock.
Afterwards we went to the beach.’
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