Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
need a synonym for "until" (in context)
English answer:
he cried through to morning; he cried through the night; morning found him yet in tears
Added to glossary by
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
Oct 14, 2006 04:54
17 yrs ago
English term
need a synonym for "until"
Non-PRO
English
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Poetry & Literature
linguistics
Beside "till" of course. And we don't really
say "unto" here in the U.S. Is there
anything else?
The sentence is "he cried until morning",
except that I need the word "until" again, or its
synonym, later in the same sentence.
say "unto" here in the U.S. Is there
anything else?
The sentence is "he cried until morning",
except that I need the word "until" again, or its
synonym, later in the same sentence.
Responses
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40 mins
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Precise and on time; lawyer/writer.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 7 more.
English term (edited):
need a synonym for
Selected
he cried through to morning; he cried through the night; morning found him yet in tears
I am assuming that you can modify the entire phrase...
...through the night to the morning he cried....
... through the long night he cried and morning's rays found him yet in tears
...through the night to the morning he cried....
... through the long night he cried and morning's rays found him yet in tears
Peer comment(s):
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Ara Mkrtchyan (X)
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Thank you.
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Armorel Young
: "morning found him still in tears" sounds v. good to me
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Thank you... it is a bit poetic, but what else is one to do?
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MJ Barber
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Thanks!
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Mark Nathan
: He cried all night and was still crying in the morning. Although I suppose the implication of until is that he stopped crying in the morning...
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And thanks as well!
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Sophia Finos (X)
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Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone. Good answers all. Since the "he" in my sentence is a college kid sitting around with his buddies, drinking Budweiser and smoking cigarettes, I'll use "through to morning". But if I ever find myself
translating a romance novel, I'll be sure to use "morning found him yet in tears" !! Thank you very much, Silviantonia, and everyone who voted
for her answer.
"
47 mins
English term (edited):
need a synonym for
into the wee hours of the morning
He cried into the wee hours of the morning...
How does that sound?
How does that sound?
Note from asker:
| Sophia, just wanted to say that I seriously considered your answer too (sans "wee hours"). |
47 mins
ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Legal, Marketing, Biz, Software, Games
Native in: Indonesian (Variant: Standard-Indonesia) 
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English
English term (edited):
need a synonym for
he cried (all the way) up to the morning.
Just an alternative.
Note from asker:
| Thanks as always, Erich. I went with a different phrasing, but "up to" sounds just fine to my ear. |
Peer comment(s):
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Armorel Young
: I don't think it is an alternative - "all the way up to" is an expression of place, not time - e.g. "he walked all the way up to the monument".
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This sentence was created in Sep 2006: http://tinyurl.com/yykvud: I wrote all the way up to the morning of Christmas Eve, and then I stopped... Then, place or time is OK w/ "all the way up to" Thanks anyway.
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Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Canada
Canada
Sparing no effort to get it right!
Native in: Serbian
Works in: Serbian to English, Slovenian to English, Croatian to English, and 7 more.
English term (edited):
need a synonym for
right up to
As in "right up to dawn".
Note from asker:
| Thank you for your good answer, Pavle. |
Discussion
so "unto" would be viable if enough of you guys
say so.