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Appendix-16

EXPLANATION AND USAGE OF THE TRANSLATED TERMS
Day : (Time) - corresponding to a complete revolution of the earth on its axis,
A corresponding period on other planets, (e.g. a Martian day),
Day light (clear as day),
The time in a day during which work is normally done (e.g.an eight hour day),
A period of the past or present (e.g. the modern day, the old days),
The present time (issues/ problems of the time ),
The lifetime of a person or thing (e.g. in my days things were different),
A point of time,
The date of a specific event,
A particular date,
A date agreed on,
A day's endeavour, or the period of an endeavour, specially as bringing success (e.g. win the day),
At the end of the day : In the final reckoning, when all is said and done.
Call it a day: End of a period of activity that enough has been done.
Day of reckoning : The time when something must be atoned for or avenged.
Reckoning : The act or an instance of counting or calculating,
Consideration or opinion,
An account, the settlement of an account.
(The Concise Oxford Dictionary).

 
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