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It was not long before the bear went with him, and it used to roam about the fields till school was over. Does be not long before here mean ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. notlongbefore Threadstarter wowhhh001 Startdate Apr10,2018 W wowhhh001 SeniorMember Chinese Itwasnotlongbeforethebearwentwithhim,anditusedtoroamaboutthefieldstillschoolwasover. Doesbenotlongbeforeheremeanthatafteralongtime? Thanks!   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England Beforemeansuntil: Itwasnotlongbeforethebearwentwithhim,= Itwas{notalongtime}before[thattimewhen]thebearwentwithhim,-> Itwas{onlyashorttime}before[thattimewhen]thebearwentwithhim, ->Itwas{onlyashorttime}untilthebearwentwithhim,   Englishmypassion SeniorMember Nainital India-Hindi Inotherwords,onlyashorttimehadpassedbefore/whenthebearwentwithhim.   W wowhhh001 SeniorMember Chinese PaulQsaid: Beforemeansuntil: Itwasnotlongbeforethebearwentwithhim,= Itwas{notalongtime}before[thattimewhen]thebearwentwithhim,-> Itwas{onlyashorttime}before[thattimewhen]thebearwentwithhim, ->Itwas{onlyashorttime}untilthebearwentwithhim, Clicktoexpand... Thanks！   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top