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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
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Elusive
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I took singing lessons, because I was interested in whether I could find my voice, although it proved somewhat elusive.
--- I understand that he wanted to find out if he had a good voice and found that he didn't (it was elusive), so these lessons were not for him.
Right?
I took singing lessons, because I was interested in whether I could find my voice, although it proved somewhat elusive.
--- I understand that he wanted to find out if he had a good voice and found that he didn't (it was elusive), so these lessons were not for him.
Right?
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Hi, I'm still alive. I disagree. He's being a little bit modest and a little bit cute (clever).
- Hi, I'm still alive.
- I disagree.
- He's being a little bit modest and a little bit cute (clever).
- "To find one's voice" is an idiom, and he's playing by using it both literally and figuratively.
- The phrase means to find your mode of expression.
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Hi, I'm still alive.
I disagree. He's being a little bit modest and a little bit cute (clever).
"To find one's voice" is an idiom, and he's playing by using it both literally and figuratively.
The phrase means to find your mode of expression. As an extreme example, "He found his voice as a mechanic." (It doesn't mean he sang.)
It means he was good at it, and was a
I disagree. He's being a little bit modest and a little bit cute (clever).
"To find one's voice" is an idiom, and he's playing by using it both literally and figuratively.
The phrase means to find your mode of expression. As an extreme example, "He found his voice as a mechanic." (It doesn't mean he sang.)
It means he was good at it, and was a
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