The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests.
唯一的辦法就是請他們比別的客人晚來半小時。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 60 Too early and too late

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thing [θi?] 詞頻1
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
come [k?m] 詞頻1
vi. 來;開始;出現;發生; vt. 做;裝扮…的樣子;將滿（…歲）; int. 嗨！;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使這些美麗的動物能生存下去，現在就要行動起來。
近義：impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage 反義：leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
half [h?f] 詞頻1
adj. 一半的，半個的; n. 半;一半;（啤酒等飲料的）半品脫;（比賽、音樂會等的）半場; adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半財產投資于一個新企業.
近義：mid, midway, partially, semi 反義：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
hour ['a??] 詞頻1
n. 小時，鐘頭;時間，時刻;固定時間;課時;
"The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour."
在上下班高峰時間，城市的交通混亂不堪。
近義：time, date
later ['let?]
adv. 較晚地;以后，過后;后來;隨后; adj. 后來的;以后的;接近末期的;晚年的;
"He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later."
他被流放到澳大利亞，五年后在那里去世。
近義：posterior, subsequent, succeeding, ulterior, farther, following 反義：precedent, prevenient, previous, prior, forefatherly, advance

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