英和和英

Perseverance will not fail of its reward.

Patience wins out in the end.

three years elapsed

over the past three years

the ensuing three years

the third year

a full three years

the third year

for three consecutive years

Three years have passed since then.

It is exactly three years―three years to a day.

for just three or so years

I lie fallow for three years.

a three-year period

occurring every third year or lasting 3 years

Three years have been passed in vain.

something that was born three years ago

Three years have passed since then.

It is a question of three years' standing.

Three years have passed since then.

Three years have passed―Three years have elapsed―since then.

It took more than three years to separate the bones from the rocks.

I stayed there three whole years.

the Third Year of Showa

The works will take three years.

a three year's programme

It had happened three years before―three years since―three years back.

during her three‐year term of office

It happened three years ago―three years since―three years back.

The term of study covers three years