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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
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Akimbo followed John back to the truck, his mind seething with excitement. He wondered if the mother would be one of the massive crocodiles he had seen basking on the sandbank down river. It would be easy enough to tag the baby ...
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I read the above in Akimbo adventures.
I learned that the preposition shows different types of relationship such as direction, place, time etc. What kind of relationship does the preposition "with" show in "his mind seething with excitement"? Which sense of the "with" is used here?
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I read the above in Akimbo adventures.
I learned that the preposition shows different types of relationship such as direction, place, time etc. What kind of relationship does the preposition "with" show in "his mind seething with excitement"? Which sense of the "with" is used here?
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See this dictionary entry. q=with_1 B2 because of or caused by someone or something: He winced with pain . I was trembling with fear .
- See this dictionary entry.
- q=with_1 B2 because of or caused by someone or something: He winced with pain .
- I was trembling with fear .
- She's been at home with a bad cold for the past week.
- I can't work with all that noise going on.
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See this dictionary entry.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/with?q=with_1
B2 because of or caused by someone or something:
He winced with pain.
I was trembling with fear.
She's been at home with a bad cold
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JigneshbharatiWhich sense of the "with" is used here?
"used as a function word to indicate the means, cause, agent, or instrumentality - pale with anger"
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