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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
tense or relieved
Hi,
"Now that the 700 million dollar financial buyout plan has been approved, it gives me a small but tense sigh of relief
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A small sigh of relief will mean she is a bit relieved, I think. Then, what is a tense sigh of relief? Is she feeling tense or relieved? After breathing a tense sigh, will the tense feeling be gone?
"Now that the 700 million dollar financial buyout plan has been approved, it gives me a small but tense sigh of relief
."
A small sigh of relief will mean she is a bit relieved, I think. Then, what is a tense sigh of relief? Is she feeling tense or relieved? After breathing a tense sigh, will the tense feeling be gone?
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The two would seem to be somewhat incompatible. A 'sigh of relief' I would take to be the release of tension, not in and of itself tense. " That would make more sense to me.
- The two would seem to be somewhat incompatible.
- A 'sigh of relief' I would take to be the release of tension, not in and of itself tense.
- " That would make more sense to me.
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The two would seem to be somewhat incompatible. A 'sigh of relief' I would take to be the release of tension, not in and of itself tense.
Are you sure that it did not say "intense" instead of "tense?" That would make more sense to me. "It was a small, but intense, sign of relief."
Are you sure that it did not say "intense" instead of "tense?" That would make more sense to me. "It was a small, but intense, sign of relief."
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Thank you for your reply, KJinCali79.
She/he even uses the phrase in the title.
Maybe she is not very good at writin
KJinCali79Are you sure that it did not say "intense" instead of "tense?"Yes. I quoted from here.
She/he even uses the phrase in the title.
Maybe she is not very good at writin
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RinoMaybe she is not very good at writing...I think you may be right about that. I clicked the link and there are several other errors throughout the page.
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