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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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What the expression "by the time" means?
  

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What does the expression "by the time" mean ? The words of a song: By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be crying. ) The story is that the singer left his girl friend and started driving to the city named Phoenix.

  • What does the expression "by the time" mean ?
  • The words of a song: By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be crying.
  • ) The story is that the singer left his girl friend and started driving to the city named Phoenix.
  • She will find out that he's gone and start to cry before he arrives.
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What does the expression "by the time" mean?

The words of a song:
By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be crying.

Here "by the time" means: When or before (I get to Phoenix.)

The story is that the singer left his girl friend and started driving to the city named Phoenix. She will find out that he's gone and start to cry before he arrives.

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