Английский словарь американских идиом - now --- now

{coord. adv.} Sometimes... sometimes; by turns; at one time... then at another. - Often used with adjectives that are very different or opposite, especially to show change. * /The weather changed every day; it was now hot, now cool./ * /The band played different songs, now fast, now slow; now soft, now loud./ * /Billy ran so quickly he seemed to be all over the field; he was now here and now there./