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Disheartened, realise 'today' will turn into 'ages ago' (4,3)

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year dot

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(Other definitions for year dot that I've seen before include "Ready to (anag.)" , "A very long time ago" , "Start of time (colloq.)" , "Since this is as long as anyone can remember" , "The beginning of time?" .)

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