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sự đi qua sự trôi qua thoáng qua ngắn ngủi
passing
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sự đi qua sự trôi qua hành lang
passage
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trượt tuột trôi qua chạy qua
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After an hour I went home (= when an hour had passed). ☊ after ☊
Time goes by so quickly. ☊ by ☊
Each day that passed he grew more and more desperate. ☊ each ☊
Election results flowed in throughout the night. ☊ flow ☊
Half an hour went past while we were sitting there. ☊ go ☊
Things will get easier as time goes by. ☊ go by ☊
The weeks went slowly by. ☊ go by ☊
Too much sun isn't good for you. ☊ good ☊
Hardly a day goes by without my thinking of her (= I think of her almost every day). ☊ hardly ☊
As time passed, she saw less and less of all her old friends at home. ☊ less and less ☊
Not a drop of alcohol passed my lips (= I didn't drink any). ☊ lip ☊
Her anxiety mounted month by month (= as each month passed). ☊ month ☊
Six months passed and we still had no news of them. ☊ pass ☊
We grew more anxious with every passing day. ☊ pass ☊
I love him more with each passing day. ☊ passing ☊
A week went past and nothing had changed. ☊ past ☊
He stood perfectly still until the danger had passed. ☊ perfectly ☊
The last few weeks have gone quickly (= the time seems to have passed quickly). ☊ quickly ☊
As time went by we saw less and less of each other. ☊ time ☊
Perceptions change over time (= as time passes). ☊ time ☊
Part of the path had been washed away by the sea. ☊ wash sb/sth away ☊