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USF Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
compromise
Would you please explain what exactly it meant from "compromise" in the following paragraph?
P.S. I've heard Janis Joplin quote :
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you have got.
Which I guess it means do not count yourself underdog or do respect yourself.
I think when you start to compromise yourself, that’s when you get married. That’s what that’s appropriate for. I think it’s good to compromise in general in relationships, but I don’t believe that you should compromise yourself fully until you’re partnering with someone on that marriage level.
P.S. I've heard Janis Joplin quote :
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you have got.
Which I guess it means do not count yourself underdog or do respect yourself.
I think when you start to compromise yourself, that’s when you get married. That’s what that’s appropriate for. I think it’s good to compromise in general in relationships, but I don’t believe that you should compromise yourself fully until you’re partnering with someone on that marriage level.
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She uses it with two basic meanings, though I think she has muddled them somewhat: I think it’s good to compromise ( = to settle differences by mutual concessions ) in general in relationships, but I don’t believe that you should compromise ( = to expose or make vulnerable ) yourself fully until you’re partnering with someone on that marriage level.
- She uses it with two basic meanings, though I think she has muddled them somewhat: I think it’s good to compromise ( = to settle differences by mutual concessions ) in general in relationships, but I don’t believe that you should compromise ( = to expose or make vulnerable ) yourself fully until you’re partnering with someone on that marriage level.
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She uses it with two basic meanings, though I think she has muddled them somewhat:
I think it’s good to compromise (= to settle differences by mutual concessions ) in general in relationships, but I don’t believe that you should compromise (= to expose or make vulnerable) yourself fully until you’re partnering with someone on that marriage level.
I think it’s good to compromise (= to settle differences by mutual concessions ) in general in relationships, but I don’t believe that you should compromise (= to expose or make vulnerable) yourself fully until you’re partnering with someone on that marriage level.
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Thank you Mister Micawber. 
Your reply helped me a lot.
But two thing more.
Your reply helped me a lot.But two thing more.
Mister Micawber(= to expose
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1. As I said, I think she is mixing the meanings; it is a bit of both.
2. 'That' (the demonstrative adjective) is necessary. Marriages have different levels of commitment (at least mine did).
2. 'That' (the demonstrative adjective) is necessary. Marriages have different levels of commitment (at least mine did).
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