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Old 01-Dec-2006, 20:32
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Default Re: meaning

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Originally Posted by Anglika View Post
After a few months the pencil case tore too. By then I could sew, and I made the .... What is the meaning of "by then"


"When I first had the pencil case, I could not sew, but a few months later I had learned how, so by then I could mend it." > by that time
By then mean
by that time, by the time that
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