得有个十多年前了
“It must have been over a decade ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's a case from many years ago.”
得有个十多年 前了
“It must have been over a decade ago.”
是这么回事
“Here's the thing.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In investigative settings, referencing the extensive passage of time often serves to contextualize missing records, fading memories, or procedural lapses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must be at least / likely amounts to
A colloquial spoken structure used before quantities to express an educated guess or estimation.
over ten years ago
Common time expression indicating an approximate span of a decade or slightly more.
Marks the completion of time accumulation, underscoring how much time has elapsed up to the present.
