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Pucca Posted 18 years ago
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May go through..

0Hi everyone!02br
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00Again, I need your help, I don't seem to be able to understand a sentence completely..02br
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00 "A crocodile may go through several thousand during a lifetime of over seventy years."02br
00What confuses me is the "may go through several thousand" - Several thousand of what?02br
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00Several thousand of teeth? The sentence before this one was: "Should they lose one of their eight-centimetre-long teeth, a replacement is always ready."02br
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00And then, "over seventy years" - Does it mean "in seventy years"?02br
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00Thanks in advance!0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I don't seem to be able to understand a sentence completely.. 02br 02br 00Several thousand of teeth? 00Yes, teeth.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I don't seem to be able to understand a sentence completely..
  • 02br 02br 00Several thousand of teeth?
  • 00Yes, teeth.
  • 00 No.
  • '02font 00A lifetime of over seventy years' means 'a life time of 01b 00more than02b 00 seventy years'.
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0Hi,02br
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0Hello Clive, thanks for your answer! 05001blockquote
01cite10Clive12cite11font10And then, "over seventy years" - Does it mean "in seventy years"?10 No. '12font10A lifetime of over seventy years' means 'a life time of 11b10more than12b10 seventy years'. 12br
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