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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Make inroads
Hi.
Can a friend make inroads into your heart?
Thanks in advance
Can a friend make inroads into your heart?
Thanks in advance
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I would not use to make inroads in this context. Even though the idiom "to make inroads" means a gradual encroachment, or to get progress started, it is important to note that the root "inroad" originally meant an invasion; something sudden and generally unwelcomed. Thus, to make inroads is often used in a context where this is at someone else's expense, inconvenience, or downfall, or when overcoming some formidable task or object--not someone's heart or emotions, typically.
- I would not use to make inroads in this context.
- Even though the idiom "to make inroads" means a gradual encroachment, or to get progress started, it is important to note that the root "inroad" originally meant an invasion; something sudden and generally unwelcomed.
- Thus, to make inroads is often used in a context where this is at someone else's expense, inconvenience, or downfall, or when overcoming some formidable task or object--not someone's heart or emotions, typically.
- What sentiment are you trying to convey and perhaps we can help with an alternative?
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I would not use to make inroads in this context.
Even though the idiom "to make inroads" means a gradual encroachment, or to get progress started, it is important to note that the root "inroad" originally meant an invasion; something sudden and generally unwelcomed. Thus, to make inroads is often used in a context where this is at someone else's expense, inconvenience, or downfall, or
Even though the idiom "to make inroads" means a gradual encroachment, or to get progress started, it is important to note that the root "inroad" originally meant an invasion; something sudden and generally unwelcomed. Thus, to make inroads is often used in a context where this is at someone else's expense, inconvenience, or downfall, or
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e.g.
Can we say,
but I hope it gets the point acoss
Can we say,
I know this poem is not well-translated
The bad, when his love made inroads into your heart
Lo! escape from him and cut talking to him
uproot it from you heart, since if it emerge
it will up root you and your believing heart
but I hope it gets the point acoss
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