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Meaning of ONCE A ... , ALWAYS A ... in English

used to say that sb cannot change :

Once an actor, always an actor.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ONCE — I. ˈwən(t)s adverb Etymology: Middle English ones, anes, from gen. of on, an one — more at one 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALWAYS — ˈȯlwēz, ˈȯu̇w-, -wə̇z, -(ˌ)wāz, before some consonants sometimes -_wə̇s adverb Etymology: Middle English alweyes, alwayes, alteration (influenced by -es -s) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALWAYS — (adv.) At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
Английский словарь Webster
ALWAYS — ( adv. ) At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONCE — /wuns/ , adv. 1. at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALWAYS — /awl"wayz, -weez/ , adv. 1. every time; on every occasion; without exception: He always works on Saturday. 2. all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONCE — I. ˈwən(t)s adverb Etymology: Middle English ones, from genitive of on one Date: 12th century 1. : one time and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALWAYS — ˈȯ- adverb Etymology: Middle English alwayes, from alwey Date: 14th century 1. : at all times : invariably 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONCE — adv at some one period of time; used indefinitely. 2. once ·adv by limitation to the number one; for …
Webster English vocab
ALWAYS — adv at all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, god is always the same. 2. always ·adv constancy …
Webster English vocab
ONCE — [once] adv [ME ones, fr. gen. of on one] (12c) 1: one time and no more 2: at any one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALWAYS — always BrE AmE ˈɔː l weɪz § \ ˈɒl-, -wɪz, -wəz ˈɑː l -
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ONCE — / wʌns; NAmE / adverb , conjunction ■ adverb 1. on one occasion only; one time : I've only been …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALWAYS — / ˈɔːlweɪz; NAmE / adverb 1. at all times; on every occasion : There's always somebody at home in the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — I. once 1 S1 W1 /wʌns/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: one ] 1 . on one …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALWAYS — al ‧ ways S1 W1 /ˈɔːlwəz, ˈɔːlwɪz, -weɪz $ ˈɒːl-/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1 on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALWAYS — adv. 1 at all times; on all occasions (they are always late). 2 whatever the circumstances (I can always sleep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. adv. 1 on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALWAYS — adv. 1 at all times; on all occasions (they are always late). 2 whatever the circumstances (I can always sleep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1. on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Oxford English vocab
ALWAYS — adv.1 at all times; on all occasions (they are always late). 2 whatever the circumstances (I can always sleep on …
Oxford English vocab
ONCE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens once , it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALWAYS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you always do something, you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens ~, it happens …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ALWAYS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ do something, you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ONCE — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES once again/yet again (= used to emphasize that something has happened several or many …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALWAYS — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES could always ▪ You could always try phoning her at the office. it’s just what …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONCE — (ONE TIME) [adverb] [not gradable] - one single timeI went to France once, but I didn't like it very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
ALWAYS — [adverb] [not gradable] - every time, all the time or foreverIt's always cold in this room.Will you always love me?(usually …
Cambridge English vocab
ONCE — Synonyms and related words : alone, already, ancient, anytime, anyway, anywise, apart, at a stroke, at all, at any time, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALWAYS — Synonyms and related words : abidingly, again and again, all along, all over, all the time, all the while, at …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — See: AT ONCE, EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
Slang English vocab
ALWAYS — See: GRASS is ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
Slang English vocab
ONCE — adv. at once once and again once more
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ALWAYS — adv. Function: adverb 1 on every relevant occasion FF1C; always made the same mistake FF1E; Synonyms: constantly, continuously, ever, invariably, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ALWAYS — adverb 1. on every relevant occasion always made the same mistake Synonyms: constantly, continuously, ever, invariably, perpetually Related Word: frequently, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALWAYS — adv. Always is used with these adjectives: ↑ advisable , ↑ alert , ↑ amazed , ↑ fatal , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ONCE — INDEX: 1. on one occasion in the past RELATED WORDS at once : ↑ IMMEDIATELY at once, at the same …
Longman Activator English vocab
ALWAYS — INDEX: always/every time 1. when someone always does something or something always happens always/all the time 2. happening all the …
Longman Activator English vocab
ALWAYS — See ↑ ALWAYS 1,2,4,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ as ever/as always
Longman Activator English vocab
ONCE — adv. 25B6; adverb I only met him once : ON ONE OCCASION, one time, one single time. he did not …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALWAYS
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — adv. 1 once upon a time, formerly, (at) one time, on a former occasion, previously, before, in days gone by, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ALWAYS — adv. 1 at all times, again and again, on all occasions, every or each time, each and every time, without …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ALWAYS — See: GRASS is ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
Словарь английских идиом
ONCE — I conjunction BAD : Once it will stop raining, we can go out. GOOD : Once it stops raining, we …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ALWAYS — adverb 1 BAD : Come and spend the weekend with me. I live always at the same address in Croydon. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ALWAYS — нареч. всегда, неизменно всегда, при всех обстоятельствах; без исключения - there's * a first time когда-то это должно было начаться …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONCE — once.ogg 1. wʌns n один раз for once - на этот раз, в виде исключения do it but this once …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ALWAYS — always.ogg ʹɔ:lw(e)ız adv 1. 1> всегда, при всех обстоятельствах; без исключения there's always a first time - когда-то это должно …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONCE — 1) единовременно 2) единовременный 3) иногда 4) когда-то 5) один раз 6) однажды 7) однократно • more than once — уже не раз once and only once — один …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ALWAYS — always нареч.всегда, неизменно
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ONCE — 1. wʌns n один раз for once - на этот раз, в виде исключения do it but this once - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ALWAYS — adv 1. 1> всегда, при всех обстоятельствах; без исключения there's always a first time - когда-то это должно было начаться …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ONCE — 1. нареч. 1) один раз; раз, разок; единожды, однажды once a day, month, year etc. — раз в день, в …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ONCE — 1. нареч. 1) один раз; раз, разок; единожды, однажды once a day, month, year etc. — раз в день, в месяц, в …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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