Bit and Intermission

Bit

Bit noun - An indefinite but usually short period of time.

Usage example: this will only take a bit

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Intermission and bit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intermission" instead a noun "Bit".

Nearby Word: bite

Intermission noun - A break in continuity.

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Bit and intermission are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bit" instead a noun "Intermission".

long	long bit	long intermission
brief	brief bit	brief intermission
short	short bit	short intermission
single	single bit	single intermission
Other adjectives: entire, real, amusing, silly, final, extra, said.

The introductions are also longer, and there is the "intermission" bit after the "Rite of Spring", which cuts immediately to the second half of the program.

Source: Walt Disney Home Video / Releases 2000 To 2009
Kiss Me Kate does have an intermission, and it's at the same time as that of the Show Within The Showexcept a little bit shorter, so that the first scene of Act II is the cast and crew hanging out behind the theatre because Act II hasn't started yet.

Source: Intermission
Several years later, though, he came back to it in the Intermission editorial "Sam the Man - Part II" (a retrospective of Raimi's career) to say that he might have overrated it a bit when it first came out.

Source: Films Discussed By Moviebob / Films Number To E

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