8.4.6.2 Past
Use this domain for words referring to the past or to a time in the past.
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(1) What words refer to the past?
Example words: past, before, in the past, in years gone by, in the times of our fathers, in our father's/grandparent's/ancestor's time, was (being/doing/happening), lately
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(2) What words describe something that existed or happened in the past?
Example words: earlier, foregoing
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(3) What words describe something that existed or happened long ago?
Example words: the distant past, long ago