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"Not before time" nghĩa là gì?
04 Jun, 2017
Tait’s Clock Tower In Limerick, Ireland. Photo courtesy William Murphy.
'Not before time' nghĩa là câu bạn nói khi ai đó kể cho bạn chuyện gì đã xảy ra, mà theo bạn điều đó phải xảy ra từ lâu trước đó rồi (something that you say when someone tells you about something which has happened, in order to show that you think it should have happened a long time ago); lẽ ra phải sớm hơn.
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