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Florazheng1015 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Help, thanks a bunch!

Q1 What is "tuck back" ? hiden in the timer?
Q2 What is the meaning of "It wasn't much back"

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CONTEXT

There's a little shack tucked back in the timber

It wasn't much back then but it was home

Sometimes it hurts me to remember

Just how long I've been gone
  

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"tucked back in the timber" = hidden in the forest "it wasn't much back then" -( it's not "much back," but "back then") -- "it wasn't much" = it wasn't very big or impressive "back then" = at that time

— Khoff

  • "tucked back in the timber" = hidden in the forest "it wasn't much back then" -( it's not "much back," but "back then") -- "it wasn't much" = it wasn't very big or impressive "back then" = at that time
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"tucked back in the timber" = hidden in the forest
"it wasn't much back then" -( it's not "much back," but "back then") --
"it wasn't much" = it wasn't very big or impressive
"back then" = at that time
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Thank you very much, Khoff. I got it now.
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