second act
second act · second acts
Something a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former…Something a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former occupation.
» This is the third scene of the second act.
Это третье явление второго акта. — sharptoothed
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1 sensesSomething a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former occupation.
After a successful career as a Wall Street stockbroker, Don built houses in Africa for a second act.
Examples
3 sentencesThis is the third scene of the second act.
ruЭто третье явление второго акта. — sharptoothed
Lukas only had five seconds to act.
The balcony scene happens in the second act.
Forms
plural: second acts| Singular | second act |
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