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Questions related to English vocabulary, forms, phrases, and syntax that is now more commonly seen in written literature than in everyday speech. Also used for questions citing excerpts from works of literature.

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What does "until she passes the five-year mark, Dad’s record to date" mean here?

I'll break the passage up into two parts to address your two questions. I can’t be bothered to spend much time on her until she passes the five-year mark, … The narrator is using mark here to mean …
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