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Vocabulary
Angered upon/at you
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Somebody says: You must give up interpreting everything from an emotional point of view. For example, if you are around a chronically angry person, you will be "angered upon". Nothing personal! Not everything in your life happens to you - or even at you. One way to put this is, "It's not my movie!".
1. I understand that "angred upon" means that I'll become angry myself because of the presence of that person?
2. I'm not sure I understand what the author wants to say by writing "Nothing personal!"?
3. I'm also not sure what the author was trying to say in the following sentence? What does the author mean by writing "at you"? How should I understand it?
Somebody says: You must give up interpreting everything from an emotional point of view. For example, if you are around a chronically angry person, you will be "angered upon". Nothing personal! Not everything in your life happens to you - or even at you. One way to put this is, "It's not my movie!".
1. I understand that "angred upon" means that I'll become angry myself because of the presence of that person?
2. I'm not sure I understand what the author wants to say by writing "Nothing personal!"?
3. I'm also not sure what the author was trying to say in the following sentence? What does the author mean by writing "at you"? How should I understand it?
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#1. I'm not sure. I think "angered upon" might instead mean that "you" will be the recipient of the other person's anger.
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- I'm not sure.
- I think "angered upon" might instead mean that "you" will be the recipient of the other person's anger.
- If the author of the original text had meant 'become angry because of the presence of that person' why didn't he or she write something like, "You will become angry yourself" instead?
- That would have been much clearer.
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#1. I'm not sure. I think "angered upon" might instead mean that "you" will be the recipient of the other person's anger. If the author of the original text had meant 'become angry because of the presence of that person' why didn't he or she write something like, "You will become angry yourself" instead? That would have been much clearer.
#2. "Nothing personal!" is an expression used
#2. "Nothing personal!" is an expression used
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