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# {{cx|idiomatic}} [[nonstop]], 24 hours per day. [[continuous]]; [[incessant]]; [[without]] [[interruption]]; [[all]] [[day]] [[long]]; Note: ''from the concept that it happens while the hands of the [[clock]] go all the way around. | # yini da kwana, yini da [[dare]], [[cigaba]] a [[kodayaushe]]. <> {{cx|idiomatic}} [[nonstop]], 24 hours per day. [[continuous]]; [[incessant]]; [[without]] [[interruption]]; [[all]] [[day]] [[long]]; Note: ''from the concept that it happens while the hands of the [[clock]] go all the way around. | ||
##''During a study on predators, she was recording sounds from the nests of superb fairy wrens (Malurus cyaneus) '''round the clock'''.'' <br> A wani bincike da ta gudanar game da dabbobi masu cinye ‘ya’yan tsuntsuye, ta na nadar sautukan da ke fitowa daga shekar tsuntsayen wren '''[[yini]] da [[kwana]]'''.<small> --[[bbchausa_verticals/082-baby-learning]]</small> | ##''During a study on predators, she was recording sounds from the nests of superb fairy wrens (Malurus cyaneus) '''round the clock'''.'' <br> A wani bincike da ta gudanar game da dabbobi masu cinye ‘ya’yan tsuntsuye, ta na nadar sautukan da ke fitowa daga shekar tsuntsayen wren '''[[yini]] da [[kwana]]'''.<small> --[[bbchausa_verticals/082-baby-learning]]</small> | ||
## ''He had his team work '''round the clock''' to get the project finished in time.'' | ## ''He had his team work '''round the clock''' to get the project finished in time.'' | ||
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* [[day and night]] | * [[day and night]] | ||
* [[24/7]] | * [[24/7]] | ||
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Prepositional phrase / Adjective
- yini da kwana, yini da dare, cigaba a kodayaushe. <> (idiomatic) nonstop, 24 hours per day. continuous; incessant; without interruption; all day long; Note: from the concept that it happens while the hands of the clock go all the way around.
- During a study on predators, she was recording sounds from the nests of superb fairy wrens (Malurus cyaneus) round the clock.
A wani bincike da ta gudanar game da dabbobi masu cinye ‘ya’yan tsuntsuye, ta na nadar sautukan da ke fitowa daga shekar tsuntsayen wren yini da kwana. --bbchausa_verticals/082-baby-learning - He had his team work round the clock to get the project finished in time.
- During a study on predators, she was recording sounds from the nests of superb fairy wrens (Malurus cyaneus) round the clock.
- Round the clock is another way of spelling round-the-clock.