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CEFR A1 · Phrases
a long time ago
/ə lɒŋ taɪm əˈɡəʊ/ Headword: long 📚 Module 4: Employment (p.329-332)
English Illustration
Arabic Translation & Context
Synonyms & Antonyms
This phrase refers to a point in the past that is far removed from the present moment. It indicates that an event happened many years, months, or even centuries before now.
Synonyms
ages ago
long since
in the distant past
way back
Antonyms
recently
just now
a moment ago
not long ago
Translations
a long time ago in your language
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عربي
تشير هذه العبارة إلى وقت بعيد في الماضي.
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اردو
یہ جملہ بہت پہلے کے وقت کی طرف اشارہ کرتا ہے۔
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हिंदी
यह वाक्यांश बहुत पहले के समय को दर्शाता है।
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中文
这个短语指的是很久以前的某个时间点。
Easy Explanation
Plain English Breakdown
It means something happened very far in the past. It was not recently. Many days or years have passed since then.
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Memory TipThink of 'long' like a long road stretching back into the past.
Contextual Examples
How to use in a sentence
A long time ago (many years past), dinosaurs lived on Earth.
I saw that movie a long time ago (in the distant past), so I don't remember it well.
My grandmother told me stories about her childhood a long time ago (far in the past).
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