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Hhtt Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
For a lifetime, as it seemed to her
"For a lifetime, as it seemed to her, he remained staring downward at her open hand, and at the rusted key lying on it."
I cannot understand the parts "for a lifetime". Would you please explain it?
Thank you.
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e. for an extremely long time (not literally a lifetime, of course).
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- for an extremely long time (not literally a lifetime, of course).
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It seemed to her as if he remained staring for a "lifetime", i.e. for an extremely long time (not literally a lifetime, of course).
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