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Exodus74 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

How would you expressed this thought ?

Strong feeling of hunger suddenly went over me.
Strong feeling of hunger suddenly swept over me.
  

Top answer

A strong feeling of hunger took hold of me.

— Elanguest

  • A strong feeling of hunger took hold of me.
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A strong feeling of hunger took hold of me.
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exodus74Strong feeling of hunger suddenly went over me.
You can't use this one. The feeling would be flying over your head!
exodus74Strong feeling of hunger suddenly swept over me.
You can use this one. "swept over me" is all right for what you are talking about. See also Elanguest's suggestion, which is very good.
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What other synonyms can one choose instead take hold
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I want to understand all the subtleties of the English language.

Can I say this?

It struck me eating when I didn't eat for a long time
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exodus74Can I say this?It struck me eating when I didn't eat for a long time
No. That's not quite right.

It struck me while eating that I hadn't eaten for a long time.

CJ
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