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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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"I'm left feeling a bit apprehensive, echoes in my head of a previous trip few years before to Hamburger Hill. A place of huge historical importance, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the American War,..."
Could you please tell me if the phrase "I'm left feeling a bit apprehensive, " means 'I dont feel apprehensive anymore'? I dont understand this structure well, it's quite strange, isn't it? Do native speaker use it frequently?
Many thanks in advance.
Could you please tell me if the phrase "I'm left feeling a bit apprehensive, " means 'I dont feel apprehensive anymore'? I dont understand this structure well, it's quite strange, isn't it? Do native speaker use it frequently?
Many thanks in advance.
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I'm left feeling a bit apprehensive = I feel rather apprehensive afterward Anonymous I dont understand this structure well, it's quite strange, isn't it? Do native speaker use it frequently? Not so strange.
- I'm left feeling a bit apprehensive = I feel rather apprehensive afterward Anonymous I dont understand this structure well, it's quite strange, isn't it?
- Do native speaker use it frequently?
- Not so strange.
- We use it commonly when called for: to be left feeling happy, sad, etc.
- after some pleasant, unfortunate, etc, experience.
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I'm left feeling a bit apprehensive= I feel rather apprehensive afterward
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Anonymous I dont understand this structure well, it's quite strange, isn't it? Do native speaker use it frequently?Not so strange. We use it commonly when called for: to be left feeling happy, sad, etc. after some pleasant, unfortunate, etc, experience.
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