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Ann225 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Feel abashed, unwind

Hello everyone,

When somebody is complimenting you in front of a lot of people and you secretly like that person, would it be natural to say: 'He made me feel abashed'. ?(I blushed and I started stuttering.)

When you buy waste bags, they are usually wrapped around rolls. If my dog 'did his job' and I wanted to pick it up and the poop bags would all unroll, should I use 'unwind' or 'unrol'? This is just an example, since I had a similar experience, but I'm curious about the use of 'wind' and 'unwind'. What do you say when you have a ball of yarn or something, you drop it and it unwinds? For instance, I dropped a ball of yarn and it unwound (itself). ?

Thank you!

  

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Ann225 When somebody is complimenting you in front of a lot of people and you secretly like that person, would it be natural to say: 'He made me feel abashed'. ) 'abashed' is a bit literary. It's not an everyday word.

— CalifJim

  • Ann225 When somebody is complimenting you in front of a lot of people and you secretly like that person, would it be natural to say: 'He made me feel abashed'.
  • ) 'abashed' is a bit literary.
  • It's not an everyday word.
  • It sounds more natural to use 'embarrassed' or perhaps 'flustered' in that situation.
  • If the feeling is extreme, you could even say 'mortified'.
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Ann225When somebody is complimenting you in front of a lot of people and you secretly like that person, would it be natural to say: 'He made me feel abashed'. ?(I blushed and I started stuttering.)

'abashed' is a bit literary. It's not an everyday word. It sounds more natural to use 'embarrassed' or perhaps 'flustered' in that situation. If the feeling i

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Ann225When you buy waste bags, they are usually wrapped around rolls. ...

Both 'unroll' and 'unwind' are acceptable (pps, unrolled, unwound) for rolls of waste bags, toilet paper rolls, etc.

I'm inclined to prefer 'unwind' in the case of yarn.

CJ

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