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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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her smile was replaced by tears

When she heard the sad news, her smile was replaced by tears.

What other connotations does the underlined part have except that her mood was changed from being happy to upset?
  

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Hi Angliholic I don't think there is much else that someone could understand from that. It would be the broader context that would tell you exactly why she had been smiling and the subsequent degree of her unhappiness.

  • Hi Angliholic I don't think there is much else that someone could understand from that.
  • It would be the broader context that would tell you exactly why she had been smiling and the subsequent degree of her unhappiness.
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Hi Angliholic

I don't think there is much else that someone could understand from that. It would be the broader context that would tell you exactly why she had been smiling and the subsequent degree of her unhappiness.
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Got it, Yankee, and thanks.

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