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The sessions for Intermediate Level with José Antonio will be held on Wednesday at 17:00 in room 3.10
quondam discuss | |
Definition: | (adjective) Belonging to some prior time. |
Synonyms: | erstwhile, one-time, sometime, former, old |
Usage: | The employers' associations, that had helped the captains of industry to tear and rend labor, were now torn and rent by their quondam allies. |
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