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te hajirnete 457
+Key Sentence

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1 (It was not until I came to America that I saw a tornado.)

Vte 8Jtb-C
k
%/vTa b T (only after you read)

L:ltL -2b+= K UAtA +Ad* 6.1;
~~a-c$~ooo*9-c?it:,
(It was not until I lived in Japan that I started to understand how Japa-
nese people thihk.)
KI%+ <AS;? dV:<Z iB HbLh L
El$&%% 5'<8JtbTfiHB%YSEiB S %5n31:0
(I didn't realize how interesting learning a foreign language was until I
studied Japanese.)
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z
3
g;icik$~ L-c~T~~Tc~~ k-n'Zf~1,
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(It is often not until you write down your idea that it becomes clear.)
Vr16
%~~:a9-cabT&~o%vESf19*bo
(It is only after you become ill that you realize the value of health.)
&ahTabTS Lke&<f:,
(I ate sashimi for the first time in my life.)

Umarete hajirnete in Ex.(e) is an idiomatic phrase which means 'for the first
time in one's life.' Note that it does not mean 'only after one was born' or
'not until one was born.' This phrase also appears in the structure in (1)
below.