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long since; long now (I've been vegetarian for so long now that I don't remember anything different // It's been long now that I'm starting to forget how long I've been doing this. 4uzhoj); long ago; long (Smoking has long been linked to lung cancer. MED Alexander Demidov); it's been a long time since (что-то не происходило, напр., "уже давно от тебя ничего не было слышно" – "It's been a long time since I heard from you" Maria Klavdieva); for quite some time now (Cell phone use while driving has been a serious issue for quite some time now, but never got addressed by government until recently. – уже давно превратилось в серьёзную проблему, но до последнего времени правительство этим не занималось ART Vancouver) |
