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Past Preposition  /Pɑːst  Pæst  Geçe Geçiyor Side I

Level A1 
Kind preposition
Front past 
IPA  /pɑːst  ; US pæst  / preposition
Back geçe; geçiyor
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past (preposition)

 /pɑːst  ; US pæst  / preposition
 
 1 (used when telling the time) after; later than
geçe; geçiyor
 It's ten (minutes) past three.
 It was past midnight when we got home.
 2 from one side to the other of sb/sth; further than or on the other side of sb/sth
önünden, yanından;
ötesinde, ötesine, geçince
 He walked straight past me.
 Our house is on the left, just past the church
 She looked right past me without realizing who I was.
 3 above or further than a certain point, limit or age
 (yaş, sınır vb.) aşmış, geçmiş
 Unemployment is now past the 2 million mark.
 I'm so tired that I'm past caring what we eat.
 She's past 40.
IDIOMS
not put it past sb (to do sth)
 [used with would]
to think sb is capable of doing sth bad
 (bir iş yapabileceğini) düşünmek, aklına bile gelmemek
 I wouldn't put it past him to do a thing like that.
past it
(informal)
too old
çok yaşlı
 In some sports these days you're past it by the time you're 25.
 

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