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What do you say to describe the resuming of electricity after the electricity off



 
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What do you say to describe the resuming of electricity after the electricity off #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 28, 2008 16:13 pm   What do you say to describe the resuming of electricity after the electricity off
 

What do you say to describe the resuming of electricity after the electricity is off?
Can I use "the electricity resumes"
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What do you say to describe the resuming of electricity after the electricity off #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 28, 2008 18:12 pm   What do you say to describe the resuming of electricity after the electricity off
 

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It might depend a little on how you ended up without electricity in the first place.

Here are a few possibilities:

- The power was restored.
- The electric company restored the power.
- The electric company turned/switched the power back on.
- The lights came back on.
(quite informal)
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What do you say to describe the resuming of electricity after the electricity off #3 (permalink) Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:43 am   What do you say to describe the resuming of electricity after the electricity off
 

And if the electric company (is it the electric company that does it?) turns power off, can I say, "Power's gone". Are there any other colloquial ways of putting it?
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