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Imantaghavi Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Gone by goes

Hi everyone,

Would anyone please tell me the meaning of the italicized part:

" The raconteur of our story about idyllic times gone by goes on to elucidate how the ...."

Thank you in advance,

Iman
  

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" This is a figure of speech meaning a time or era in the past that is often looked upon with nostalgia. " I hope this helps.

— Sbolton

  • " This is a figure of speech meaning a time or era in the past that is often looked upon with nostalgia.
  • " I hope this helps.
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I think what might help to alleviate your confusion would be the knowledge of the idiom, "times gone by." This is a figure of speech meaning a time or era in the past that is often looked upon with nostalgia. So, your sentence is referring to this, and how the teller of the story about these times "goes on to elucidate..."

I hope this helps.
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The trick is to parse it right.

The raconteur of our story [ about [ idyllic times gone by ] ]

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goes on to elucidate how the ...

idyllic times gone by = idyllic times that have gone by = idyllic times that are now in the past

goes on = proceeds

CJ
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Thank you Sbolton very much. It DID helped.

Regards,

Iman
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Dear CJ,

That was a great help. I got it.Thank you for your time.

Iman
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Who wrote that anyway? It's absurdly florid.
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CSnyderWho wrote that anyway? It's absurdly florid.
Hard to say. I found it here.

http://s1.mywibes.com/reading.txt?FileID=196b157e00443f16ee61cc6cd38f9fc9&s=d568df4b355a98d234871f4b884da97f

It appears to be something used to i
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Hi CJ,

Yes.These are all included in a vocabulary book called 1100. And that sentence is extracted from that.

Regards,

Iman
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