for once

Learn some expressions with Stevie Wonder singing "For Once in my Life"

Expression	Meaning	Example
For once	this time, even if at no other time	For once, stop talking and start working!
Used to	used for saying what was true or what happened regularly in the past	I used to smoke, but I quit last year.
As long as	provided that, inasmuch as, in the degree that	You can walk there, as long as you arrive on time.
To make it	to succeed	If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE,
by Stevie Wonder

For once in my life I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me
Somehow I know I'll be strong

For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Ooooh someone warm like you
Would make my dream come true

For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before
For once, I have something I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore

For once, I can say, this is mine, you can't take it
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me

Written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records

for once: pour une fois
used to do: faisait
as long as: pourvu que
sorrow: chagrin, tristesse profonde
to make it: réussir, y arriver