second period
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- noun
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segundo periodo
- The Gophers were able to start the second period on the right foot on the man advantage.
- second period began
But actually this second period has been so much easier than the first.
- But actually this second period has been so much easier than the first.
Examples
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The Bronchos came out firing to start the second period and did not let up.
Blog text (10) -
Colby had a pair of power play opportunities in the second period, but could not take advantage.
Blog text (9) -
But actually this second period has been so much easier than the first.
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Different story in the second period.
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The ball is fired for the start of the second period.
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And so we were tied, 2-2, at the end of the second period.
Academic text (1999) -
I felt a little looser in the second period, watching my Red Sky Raiders take it to the blue team.
Fiction book (2001) -
The game, as a whole, was a chippy one, and the second period was a penalty-filled one.
Blog text (26) -
Seattle caught its breath, stuffed in four goals in the second period, and eventually won a shocker, 5-2.
Blog text (21) -
With only five minutes left in the second period, the score was tied at 3-3.
How Late
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'second' (the ordinal following first) combined with 'period' (a measured interval) yields the straightforward meaning 'the second segment of time or play.' This construction is cross-linguistically common and follows standard counting + time-unit patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun second period comes from sports where a game is split into separate parts. It literally names the second period, or the game's second part, so it means 'the second division of play'.