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Nor Priest Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

"Back when..." meaning?

Back when people were still.....(bla bla bla)....

I just heard it from radio, but not sure what it means.
Thank you.
  

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" (It implies a long time ago or when things were very different -- you wouldn't say "Back when I went to the store this morning. . ")

  • " (It implies a long time ago or when things were very different -- you wouldn't say "Back when I went to the store this morning.
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It just means "In the past, when people were ......"

(It implies a long time ago or when things were very different -- you wouldn't say "Back when I went to the store this morning. . . ")

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