Answer 45 - Delays such as "mail delay" and "rain delay" (030203)　

If your mailed job application doesn't reach a company before the deadline, the company may say, "Sorry, due to a mail delay, your application is not valid since we did not receive it before the deadline." {ouch!!}

When it started raining in the middle of a tennis game, the game had to stop. After 30 minutes it stopped raining. The official may say, "Now, we'll play the game again after the 30 minute rain delay."

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