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at length

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at length
1. for a long time. We have discussed at length the events that led to his suspension.
2. after a period of time. At length, Nick realized that she was listening to the music more than she was listening to him.
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At length we trembled at the approach of every messenger.
I WAS sick -- sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.
He forbade his courtiers to frighten it, and the monkey, noticing how much attention was being paid him, sprang from bough to bough, and at length gradually approached the King, who offered him some food.
 
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