until


How can I use until in a sentence?

Harry had gotten used to this by now, but it had given him a bit of a shock on the first morning, when about a hundred owls had suddenly streamed into the Great Hall during breakfast, circling the tables until they saw their owners, and dropping letters and packages onto their laps.

I am warning you, he had said, putting his large purple face right up close to Harry's, I am warning you now, boy — any funny business, anything at all — and you will be in that cupboard from now until Christmas.

My Great Uncle Algie kept trying to catch me off my guard and force some magic out of me — he pushed me off the end of Blackpool pier once, I nearly drowned — but nothing happened until I was eight.

What if he just sat there with the hat over his eyes for ages, until Professor McGonagall jerked it off his head and said there had obviously been a mistake and he would better get back on the train?

They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.


Other meanings of until (synonyms, cognates).


ENRU
until
  • пока
untilled
  • необработанный


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