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Hevtolo Posted 14 years ago
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subside tiredness - can you say like this

can you say,

we sat on the rocks beside the sea until our tiredness subsided.

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It seems odd, since tiredness itself is a kind of subsiding. I suggest something like this: We sat on the rocks beside the sea until we recovered from our tiredness.

  • It seems odd, since tiredness itself is a kind of subsiding.
  • I suggest something like this: We sat on the rocks beside the sea until we recovered from our tiredness.
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It seems odd, since tiredness itself is a kind of subsiding. I suggest something like this:

We sat on the rocks beside the sea until we recovered from our tiredness.

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