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originally
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senior
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sometime(adjective, late, old, past, previous)
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then
2
time was(expression, adverb, late, old, past)
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yesterday
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anciently(adverb, then, before, once, previously)
1
at one time(expression, idiom, adverb, late, then)
1
away back(expression, adverb, late, then, before)
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azoic
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back(adverb, late, then, before, ahead)
1
back when(expression, adverb, late, old, past)
1
ci-devant
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closer
1
advancing
1
adverb of time(expression, idiom)
1
aged
1
ages ago(expression, adjective, late, old, past)
1
ancient history(expression, adjective, late, old, past)
1
anteceding(adjective, preceding)
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