jueves, 2 de febrero de 2017

TODAY'S IDIOM: YEAR DOT / YEAR ONE

"YEAR DOT / YEAR ONE"



You can say "the year dot", or "the year one", when you're talking about a very, very long time ago.

Example: Children have been fascinated by ghost stories since the year dot.

Desde siempre.

Example sentences:

  • There have been people living in Australia since the year dot, but Europeans have only been there for about two hundred years / Han estado viviendo personas en Australia desde siempre, pero los Europeos han estado solamente por 200 años aproximadamente.

  • People have been interested in the stars and the moon since the year one / Las personas han estado interesadas en las estrellas y la luna desde siempre.

Additional examples:

  • People have been living in the Nile valley since the year dot. They've been there for an extremely long time.

  • I've known Peter since the year dot.




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