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Ronald375 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Bury myself in a subject
Hallo, is the following answer correct, after a friend has asked you to join him during a course on a particular subject?
'Thanx for your invitation but at this moment
I don't feel the need to bury myself in ... e.g. the history of Greek art'?
'Thanx for your invitation but at this moment
I don't feel the need to bury myself in ... e.g. the history of Greek art'?
Top answer
Yes. It is a bit of an overstatement. It implies that you tend to go all out when you start something new.
- Yes.
- It is a bit of an overstatement.
- It implies that you tend to go all out when you start something new.
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Yes. It is a bit of an overstatement. It implies that you tend to go all out when you start something new.
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Ok thanx, could it be used, without being an overstatement if you want to broaden your knowledge on, in this example, Greek art?
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"bury yourself in X" implies a total dedication and devotion to X, to the point where you do nothing else.
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Ah ok, so it's better to say ... I don't feel the need to expand my knowledge of ... ?
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ronald375 Ah ok, so it's better to say ... I don't feel the need to expand my knowledge of ... ?That's fine.
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