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If somebody says to me:
"it happened a couple of months ago"
so it means it happened two months ago or it happened a few months ago
??????
If somebody says to me:
"it happened a couple of months ago"
so it means it happened two months ago or it happened a few months ago
??????
"it happened a couple of months ago"
so it means it happened two months ago or it happened a few months ago
??????
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