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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
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At least forty years dead
Was at least forty years dead = (when Dick the horse died,) he was at least forty years old?
Context:
Dick, a horse she’d had in her days as a schoolteacher, was at least forty years dead. I had a desk beneath the room’s other eave, my old Royal typewriter, ...
Context:
Dick, a horse she’d had in her days as a schoolteacher, was at least forty years dead. I had a desk beneath the room’s other eave, my old Royal typewriter, ...
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Hi, It means **** died 40 or more years ago. htm
- Hi, It means **** died 40 or more years ago.
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Hi,
It means **** died 40 or more years ago.
By the way, just for my curiosity, I found this: “The average age (of a horse) is 28 + 5 years” - http://horses.about.com/od/understandinghorses/qt/horseage.htm
It means **** died 40 or more years ago.
By the way, just for my curiosity, I found this: “The average age (of a horse) is 28 + 5 years” - http://horses.about.com/od/understandinghorses/qt/horseage.htm
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