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Newguest Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Feeling unwelcome/in the way

Hi

The author says that the probable causes of a certain disease are: Family friction and arguments. Child feeling unwelcome, in the way.


I take it to mean that I feel that the child (who is probably on the way) is unwelcome. But I'm not sure what "in the way" means? Obstacle?
  

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I f someone feels that he or she is 'in the way', it means that he feels like he is an obstruction, either literally or figuratively. He feels unwanted. Clive

— Clive

  • I f someone feels that he or she is 'in the way', it means that he feels like he is an obstruction, either literally or figuratively.
  • He feels unwanted.
  • Clive
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If someone feels that he or she is 'in the way', it means that he feels like he is an obstruction, either literally or figuratively.
He feels unwanted.

Clive
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One more question: Child feeling unwelcome means that I feel that the child is unwelcome and not that the child feels that he/she is unwelcome?

You wrote: He feels unwanted. I take it to mean that I feel that the child is unwanted and not that the child feels he/she is unwanted.

I just want to make sure that I understand this construction correctly.
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The author says that the probable causes of a certain disease are: Family friction and arguments. Child feeling unwelcome, in the way.'
I take this to mean that a child feels unwelcome.

ie The author says that the probable causes of a certain disease are
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