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Wrapped Up
How can I use the phrasal verb Wrap up in this sentence:
"She was so wrapped up 'with'(in, on...) her work that she didn't notice whaen I came in."
I want to use wrapped up as a synonym of involved, concentrated, but I don't know which prep I should use after it...
Thanks.
"She was so wrapped up 'with'(in, on...) her work that she didn't notice whaen I came in."
I want to use wrapped up as a synonym of involved, concentrated, but I don't know which prep I should use after it...
Thanks.
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) her ... wrapped up as a synonym of involved, concentrated, but I don't know which prep I should use after it... [/nq] "in" If you used "with" it would mostly mean that if she worked with rope, the rope would be around her, probably literally.
- ) her ...
- wrapped up as a synonym of involved, concentrated, but I don't know which prep I should use after it...
- [/nq] "in" If you used "with" it would mostly mean that if she worked with rope, the rope would be around her, probably literally.
- If her work involved something else, it would be as nearly wrapped around her as possible.
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[nq:1]How can I use the phrasal verb Wrap up in this sentence: "She was so wrapped up 'with'(in, on...) her ... wrapped up as a synonym of involved, concentrated, but I don't know which prep I should use after it... Thanks.[/nq]
"in"
If you used "with" it would mostly mean that if she worked with rope, the rope would be around her, probably literally. If her work involved something else, i
"in"
If you used "with" it would mostly mean that if she worked with rope, the rope would be around her, probably literally. If her work involved something else, i
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[nq:1]How can I use the phrasal verb Wrap up in this sentence: "She was so wrapped up 'with'(in, on...) her ... use wrapped up as a synonym of involved, concentrated, but I don't know which prep I should use after it...[/nq]
You may use either in or with. Both fiit the use in in this sentence of wrapped as a metaphor thus not really a a synonym. Involved and concentrated are attitudes of the m
You may use either in or with. Both fiit the use in in this sentence of wrapped as a metaphor thus not really a a synonym. Involved and concentrated are attitudes of the m
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[nq:2]How can I use the phrasal verb Wrap up in ... I don't know which prep I should use after it...[/nq]
[nq:1]You may use either in or with. Both fiit the use in in this sentence of wrapped as a metaphor ... physical word to suggest a mental condition (but in oral speech may suggest rapt, which has a different (mental) meaning.[/nq]
Not in BrE, you can't. The OP was asking about "wrapped
[nq:1]You may use either in or with. Both fiit the use in in this sentence of wrapped as a metaphor ... physical word to suggest a mental condition (but in oral speech may suggest rapt, which has a different (mental) meaning.[/nq]
Not in BrE, you can't. The OP was asking about "wrapped
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[nq:1]How can I use the phrasal verb Wrap up in this sentence: "She was so wrapped up 'with'(in, on...) her ... use wrapped up as a synonym of involved, concentrated, but I don't know which prep I should use after it...[/nq]
Either "in" or "with" would be fine. I don't think "on" is idiomatic here.
Odysseus
Either "in" or "with" would be fine. I don't think "on" is idiomatic here.
Odysseus
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[nq:2]How can I use the phrasal verb Wrap up in ... I don't know which prep I should use after it...[/nq]
[nq:1]Either "in" or "with" would be fine. I don't think "on" is idiomatic here.[/nq]
In BrE it does strictly depend on how, exactly, the idiom is used. A person, or a pronoun representing a person, wrapped up with work implies that the person and the work were made into a parce
[nq:1]Either "in" or "with" would be fine. I don't think "on" is idiomatic here.[/nq]
In BrE it does strictly depend on how, exactly, the idiom is used. A person, or a pronoun representing a person, wrapped up with work implies that the person and the work were made into a parce
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