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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Bring oneself?

Hello! What does "bring oneself" mean in the following sentence? Is it just "to start"?

He brought himself in the commencement of his undertaking to imagine the characters of the story.

  

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anonymous He brought himself in the commencement of his undertaking to imagine the characters of the story. The idiom is to bring oneself to (do something) . It suggests that it took some effort to perform some task.

  • anonymous He brought himself in the commencement of his undertaking to imagine the characters of the story.
  • The idiom is to bring oneself to (do something) .
  • It suggests that it took some effort to perform some task.
  • It's similar to to make oneself (do something) .
  • It also occurs in the form not to be able to bring oneself to .
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anonymousHe brought himself in the commencement of his undertaking to imagine the characters of the story.

The idiom is to bring oneself to (do something). It suggests that it took some effort to perform some task. It's similar to to make oneself (do something). It also occurs in the form not to be able to bring oneself to

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