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But that was another time. Almost another country.
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The speaker looks back on a past that feels sharply different from the present. Calling it “almost another country” suggests that the place, circumstances, or way of life then seemed nearly foreign, even though it was connected to the speaker’s own experience.
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- The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
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