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   Hi, Anton Shepelev!   
   I read your message from 13.05.2022 17:24   
      
      
     AK>> "When I was 20 I lifted a weight 300 kilograms!" "That's   
     AK>> impossible, even a world record-holder didn't do it!" "But I   
     AK>> lifted. Although I hadn't lifted it."   
      
     AS> I see that you hid your question in the subject, forgetting that it   
     AS> is the extreme summary of the body, rather than an opening   
     AS> sentence:   
      
     AS> A joke. Is it understandable in English?   
      
     AS> Yes, I think that joke can be rendered in English:   
      
     AS> -- When I was twenty I was lifting 200 kg!   
     AS> -- Impossible! Even the world record is below that.   
     AS> -- Yes I was lifting that weight, although I never lifted it.   
      
   I doubt about the Present Continuous in the first sentence. You should    
   point the exact time when you do it, IMHO. If you say about a one year    
   period you should use the Simple Past. Besides, nobody said that he    
   lifted the weight one time only. :)   
      
      
   Bye, Anton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
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