past
adjective
happening or existing in the period of time that has just finished
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Existing, happening in or relating to a time in the past
already
adverb
used for saying that something has happened before now or before another point in time
not any more
adverb, determiner, pronoun
used for saying that something which used to happen in the past does not happen now
at one time
in the past, but not now
one day
on a day in the past
once upon a time
used for talking about a situation that existed in the past but no longer exists, especially when it was better than the situation now
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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