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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Think of as

Hi.
'You need to learn to acceptyourself, your past, your circumstances as they are, without necessarily thinking of them as "bad".'

What does the underlined part mean?
  

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I'm sorry, but which words confuse you? The phrase contains no idioms.

— Mister Micawber

  • I'm sorry, but which words confuse you?
  • The phrase contains no idioms.
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I'm sorry, but which words confuse you? The phrase contains no idioms.
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it means 'considering them bad'?If so, why it is not said that way?
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Yes, but I'm still confused as why you are confused. 'Consider + concept' = 'Think of/about + concept' = 'Form an opinion of + concept". The structure is common and straightforward, and the verb phrases are synonymous here.
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My problem is the word 'as'.'Bad' is a noun here?
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Ah. No, it an adjective. 'Thinking of them as bad [circumstances]'.
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