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Bugbear Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Take the blows

0 Hi, Could you explain me what "take the blows" means? 0-
  

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0 Show context. Usually, accept whatever (bad) has happened to you. 0-

— Marius Hancu

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0 Show context. Usually, accept whatever (bad) has happened to you. 0-
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0 It's from a song:02br
00 For what is a man, what has he got? 02br
00If not himself, then he has naught.02br
00To say the things he truly feels;02br
00And not the words of one who kneels.02br
00The record shows I took the blows -02br
00 And did it my way! 0-
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0aaaa, Franky Sinatra...One of my favourites singers...I love his songs...!!! This is the last part of his song "My Way"....And the sentence "01i00The record shows I took the blows02i00" is officialy translated as 01i00the record shows I took 01b00some punches02b02i00....In the metaforical meaning that he took some punches from his
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0Yes, you could recognize this song and thank you very much your explanation. 0-
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"Take the blows" would be, to my humble understanding, to accept what happens to oneself, to accept life's blows.
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Don´t forget the author of the lyrics, the great Paul Anka... Regards from Brazil...
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bugbear Hi, Could you explain me what "take the blows" means?
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