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Catttt Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Swept up in the spirit of

Does the highlighted sentence mean "our yelling when we are drowning in the collective delirium of the society"?


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The zaniness found in Saul’s work is an opportunity for the extroverted display of enjoyment, of the hoots and hollers we make as we are swept up in the spirit of mass delirium.

  

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Largely, yes. "drowning in" is not quite the same as "swept up in", though. "drowning in" has more of a negative connotation, and does not quite fit with "enjoyment".

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  • Largely, yes.
  • "drowning in" is not quite the same as "swept up in", though.
  • "drowning in" has more of a negative connotation, and does not quite fit with "enjoyment".
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Largely, yes. "drowning in" is not quite the same as "swept up in", though. "drowning in" has more of a negative connotation, and does not quite fit with "enjoyment".

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