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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Stop sacrificing who you're

1.They're asking the volcano to protect and provide for one more reason.
2.Stop sacrificing who you are for what you're getting.
I can't understand these sentences itself.
  

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I can't understand these sentences itself . They're asking the volcano to protect and provide for one more s eason. 2.

  • I can't understand these sentences itself .
  • They're asking the volcano to protect and provide for one more s eason.
  • 2.
  • You are not getting as much as you deserve, so stop making self-sacrifices.
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I can't understand these sentences itself.
Are you sure it's not this:
1.They're asking the volcano to protect and provide for one more season.

2. You are not getting as much as you deserve, so stop making self-sacrifices.
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(1) does not appear to make much sense, at least not without context. If you have further context, please provide it.

2. If you sacrifice X for Y, it means that you abandon X in order to achieve or obtain Y. In this case X is "who you are", i.e. your identity, and Y is "what you're getting", i.e. something that you receive.

(Cross-posted, but I seem to have interpreted (2) comple
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Yes, you're right??
I mean "season"
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GPY(Cross-posted, but I seem to have interpreted (2) completely differently from AS.)
Yes, I simplified "sacrificing who you are" to "making self-sacrifices." I know it's not exactly the same, but it does convey the general idea.
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Well, I read it not as meaning "you are not getting as much as you deserve", but rather that the person actually is getting something significant or substantial, but the price for this is giving up "who you are".
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GPYbut the price for this is giving up "who you are".
And it's not a deserving (high enough) price.
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AlpheccaStarsAnd it's not a deserving (high enough) price.
I thought it meant the price is too high.
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You're not getting as much as you deserve means you'll not get more than you deserve?
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No, suppose they pay you $5,000, and you accept the money. But you really deserve $50,000. You are not getting as much as you deserve.
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They're asking the volcano to protect and provide for one more season.
May I ask you to explain the meaning of this sentence?

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