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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

You are stressed = you are stressed out?

If I say, 'you are stressed', and ont 'you are stressed out'(=Your job is stressful), the meaning is not conveyed well?
  

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Hi, If I say, 'you are stressed', and ont 'you are stressed out'(=Your job is stressful), the meaning is not conveyed well? ' Stressed out' is a casual, informal phrase. The 'out' just adds a lot of emphasis.

— Clive

  • Hi, If I say, 'you are stressed', and ont 'you are stressed out'(=Your job is stressful), the meaning is not conveyed well?
  • ' Stressed out' is a casual, informal phrase.
  • The 'out' just adds a lot of emphasis.
  • The idea iof 'stressed out' is that you are at your maximum level of stress, and you can't handle any more stress.
  • Clive
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Hi,

If I say, 'you are stressed', and ont 'you are stressed out'(=Your job is stressful), the meaning is not conveyed well?

'Stressed out' is a casual, informal phrase.

The 'out' just adds a lot of emphasis. The idea iof 'stressed out' is that you are at your maximum lev
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