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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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Reflect on

0I'm reflecting on what I did.02br
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00Does this mean that I am considering that I shouldn't have done that?02br
00When you think you shouldn't have done that and you swear you won't let this happen again, you're reflecting on the past behavior, right?02br
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0It doesn't have to be negative, LiJ. 02br 02br 00"you're reflecting on 01b 01i 01u 00the02u 02i 02b 00 past behavior" is a little unusual. I guess in this case it works because you've said what specific behavior you're talking about.

— Avangi

  • 0It doesn't have to be negative, LiJ.
  • 02br 02br 00"you're reflecting on 01b 01i 01u 00the02u 02i 02b 00 past behavior" is a little unusual.
  • I guess in this case it works because you've said what specific behavior you're talking about.
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0It doesn't have to be negative, LiJ. You can reflect on what a great thing you did and how it will benefit mankind.02br
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00"you're reflecting on 01b01i01u00the02u02i02b00 past behavior" is a little unusual. I guess in this case it works because you've said what specific behavior you're talking about. In general, we'
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10Does this mean that I am considering that I shouldn't have done that?12blockquote
10 No. You're just thinking about it, considering its implications, its ramifications.02br
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0Thanks, Avangi and CJ. 02br
00I understand how 'reflect' works.02br
00If you want to mean 'I shouldn't have done that', you should just say 'I regret doing such a thing', right?0-
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0That would work.0-
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0 Thanks, Avangi.0-
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0 Or: 02br
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01i00I 01b00reflect with sorrow/regret/remorse02b00 on what I did.02i0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11b10reflect with sorrow/regret/remorse12b12blockquote
10Thanks, Marius. 02br
00There's no big difference between 'I reflect with regret' and 'I'm reflecting with regret', right?0-
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