Feb 5, 2008 08:26
16 yrs ago
English term
By
English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
"It is like being in an attic in a dark house and trying to feel your way down to the front door. By the first floor you pretty much know the floor plan."
What is the meaning of "by" in above sentence?
What is the meaning of "by" in above sentence?
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Feb 10, 2008 12:33: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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(here) by the time have got that far, once you have got that far
You were at the top, you've come down to the first floor (presumably the floor at ground level, if this is US English; in UK English it would be the floor above that). The layout is the same on all floors, so you now know how the floors are arranged in the entire house.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-02-05 11:31:39 GMT)
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by the time YOU have got that far...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-02-05 11:31:39 GMT)
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by the time YOU have got that far...
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Comment: "Thank you very much. "
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