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time bomb, delayed action bomb ☊
bom nổ chậm ☊
to be delayed or interrupted for 18 months ☊
bị gián đoạn 18 tháng ☊
announce that...: They announced that the flight would be delayed. ☊ announce ☊
Connection to the gas supply was delayed for three days. ☊ connection ☊
She's suffering a delayed reaction (= a reaction that did not happen immediately) to the shock. ☊ delay ☊
delay doing sth: He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment. ☊ delay ☊
Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour. ☊ delay ☊
What could have delayed him? ☊ delay ☊
The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed. ☊ explanation ☊
guarantee (that)...: We cannot guarantee (that) our flights will never be delayed. ☊ guarantee ☊
The train was delayed because a tree had fallen across the line. ☊ line ☊
The plane was unexpectedly delayed. ☊ unexpectedly ☊