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For What seemed ages #1 (permalink) Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:15 am   For What seemed ages
 

Would you please explain what "For what seemed ages" means?
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Taco
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For What seemed ages #2 (permalink) Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:31 am   For What seemed ages
 

Hi Taco

That phrase means that the length of time that something went on or lasted seemed much, much longer than it actually was. The amount of time seemed like "forever".

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