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Old 01-Dec-2006, 13:48
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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"
But after a couple of years... What is the meaning of "a couple" here?
I thought about it for a while? What is the meaning of "a while"?
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Old 01-Dec-2006, 16:14
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hi,

a couple of means a small number of people or things (syn a few)

a while during the time that sth is happening (the lengh of time)
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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
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Old 01-Dec-2006, 21:32
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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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