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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning?

Hi everybody,
What is the meaning of" five time zone of the place" in the following context:
When the money eventually ran out he knew he didn't want to be within five time zones of the place.
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"five times zones" is a colourful way of saying a very great distance.

— GPY

  • "five times zones" is a colourful way of saying a very great distance.
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"five times zones" is a colourful way of saying a very great distance.
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Consider this simpler example.
He didn't want to be within five miles of the place. He didn't want to be closer to it than five miles

As you travel around the world, you enter and leave different time zones, Each time zone covers vast distances..
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GPY"five times zones"
Sorry, of course I mean "five time zones".
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