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Ccp Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
take to heart
Hello,
My first thought reading the sentence
‘I often find myself taking other people's feelings to heart’
is understanding:
‘I (often) take other people's feelings seriously’
For some reason, however, I think the author might also want to express that, such attitude, hurts himself somehow; otherwise he could have built the sentence in a straighter construction.
As English is not my mother tongue, I wonder if such understanding might be correct, or I am just ‘over reading’ author's feelings.
Thank you,
My first thought reading the sentence
‘I often find myself taking other people's feelings to heart’
is understanding:
‘I (often) take other people's feelings seriously’
For some reason, however, I think the author might also want to express that, such attitude, hurts himself somehow; otherwise he could have built the sentence in a straighter construction.
As English is not my mother tongue, I wonder if such understanding might be correct, or I am just ‘over reading’ author's feelings.
Thank you,
Top answer
ccp For some reason, however, I think the author might also want to express that, such attitude, hurts himself somehow; otherwise he could have built the sentence in a straighter construction. No, I don't think so, if I understand your meaning. The sentence means approximately what you said initially.
- ccp For some reason, however, I think the author might also want to express that, such attitude, hurts himself somehow; otherwise he could have built the sentence in a straighter construction.
- No, I don't think so, if I understand your meaning.
- The sentence means approximately what you said initially.
- ccp or I am just ‘over reading’ author's feelings.
- Yes, I think so.
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ccpFor some reason, however, I think the author might also want to express that, such attitude, hurts himself somehow; otherwise he could have built the sentence in a straighter construction.No, I don't think so, if I understand your meaning. The sentence means approximately what you said initially.
ccpor I am just ‘over reading’ auth
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