when
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when
/ (h)wen/
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interrog. adv.
at what time:
when did you last see him? |
since when have you been interested?
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how soon:
when can I see you?
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in what circumstances:
when would such a rule be justifiable?
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relative adv.
at or on which (referring to a time or circumstance):
Saturday is the day when I get my hair done.
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conj.
1.
at or during the time that:
I loved math when I was in school.
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after:
call me when you're finished.
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at any time that; whenever:
can you spare five minutes when it's convenient?
2.
after which; and just then (implying suddenness):
he had just drifted off to sleep when the phone rang.
3.
in view of the fact that; considering that:
why bother to paint it when you can photograph it with the same effect?
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although; whereas:
I'm saying it now when I should have told you long ago.
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DEVELOPMENT-RUSSIA: NEGLECTED BY MOSCOW, KHABAROVSK TURNS TO ASIA
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 4/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...regional leaders like those in Khabarovsk, bordering China, say economics...Viktor Ishayev, governor of Khabarovsk region, said in an interview...big wonder these days that the Khabarovsk region in the Russian Far East...
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PERMIAN RADIOLARIAN FAUNAS FROM CHERT IN THE KHABAROVSK COMPLEX, FAR EAST RUSSIA, AND THE AGE OF EACH LITHOLOGIC UNIT OF THE KHABAROVSK COMPLEX
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT-The Khabarovsk Complex, a Jurassic accretionary complex distributed in and around the Khabarovsk city area, Far East Russia, comprises...crop out along the Amur River in the Khabarovsk city area. A chert sample of the limestone...
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Khabarovsk wants work on Russian-Chinese transportation corridor accelerated (repeat).
Newspaper article from: China Business News; 4/9/2007; 596 words
; Khabarovsk wants work on Russian-Chinese transportation corridor accelerated (repeat) Khabarovsk. April 9. (Interfax) - The authorities of the Khabarovsk region have asked the Russian government to accelerate the coordination of documents...
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VEC to build Khabarovsk sites for electricity exports to China.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 6/26/2008; 700+ words
; VEC to build Khabarovsk sites for electricity exports to China KHABAROVSK. June 26 (Interfax) - Vostochnaya Energy Company...the Unified Energy System of Russia (UES) on the Khabarovsk territory starting from July 1, a source at the...
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RUSSIA-KHABAROVSK-PIPELINE-CREDIT.
Newspaper article from: Energy News; 12/11/2002; 498 words
; Japan considers Khabarovsk pipeline credit KHABAROVSK. Dec 11 (Interfax) - Japan is considering the possibility of granting Khabarovsk territory a credit of $100 million to build the Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Khabarovsk gas pipeline. A source...
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Kremlin: Water Safe to Drink in Khabarovsk
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/23/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Online 12-23-2005 Dateline: KHABAROVSK, Russia A man shines a light on...of the threatened Amur river in Khabarovsk, about 6,100 kilometers (3...China reached the Russian city of Khabarovsk on Thursday, a regional government...
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Khabarovsk, Sakhalin-1 agree on early gas supplies.
Newspaper article from: Energy News; 6/10/2004; 700+ words
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Khabarovsk residents ride out toxic slick, water safe
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 12/28/2005; 446 words
; Khabarovsk residents ride out toxic slick, water safe KHABAROVSK, Russia, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Residents in Khabarovsk have emerged from the shadows of a toxic slick floating down China's Songhua River with tap water supply unaffected in...
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China : Vec to Build Khabarovsk Sites for Electricity Exports to China.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 6/30/2008; 653 words
; ...Energy System of Russia (UES) on the Khabarovsk territory starting from July 1, a source at the Khabarovsk territorial government told Interfax...will partially substitute the first Khabarovsk heating and power plant. There will...
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Khabarovsk prosecutors ask for ex-head of Amur gold mine to be declared wanted.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 7/18/2007; 550 words
; Khabarovsk prosecutors ask for ex-head of Amur gold mine to be declared wanted KHABAROVSK. July 18 (Interfax) - The Khabarovsk territorial prosecutor's office has asked the Russian Prosecutor General's Office to place Viktor Lopatyuk...
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Khabarovsk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Khabarovsk Territory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Russian Far East
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Maritime Territory (Primorsky Kray), Khabarovsk Territory , Kamchatka Territory, the...Russian administrative federal districts; Khabarovsk is the district administrative center...Yakutsk , Vladivostok , Komsomolsk , Khabarovsk, Ussuriysk , and Nikolayevsk. Economy...
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kray
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...unit of Russia . There are nine krays, or territories, within Russia. They are: Altai Territory , Kamchatka Territory, Khabarovsk Territory , Krasnodar Territory , Krasnoyarsk Territory , Maritime Territory , Perm Territory, Stavropol Territory , and...
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Jewish Autonomous Region
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Jewish Autonomous Region or Birobidzhan , autonomous region (1995 pop. 211,900), c.13,800 sq mi (35,700 sq km), Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Far East, in the basins of the Biro and Bidzhan rivers, tributaries of the Amur. The capital is Birobidzhan...
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