3) Oftentimes I woke up and found myself weeping . 4) In the university, I find myself having more fun than I
4. I needed some kind of transition from my old life to a new one, a sort of ritual that would help me to transform myself from one person into another.
appeal to
back down/ back up e.g. The videotape evidence backed up her
narration.
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Sentences
1. Twenty-five years ago, I felt like a wreck. feel like: want to do or have something e.g. 1) Would you feel like going out for a walk? 2) Would you feel like a cup of coffee?
our responsibility. -- make a piece of clothing longer, wider, etcss altered for the party.
approve/disapprove of nod/ smile/ hail/ watch in approval win/ obtain one’s approval
2. I was stuck in a job I hated and trapped in an engagement with a woman I didn’t love.
3. It happened to be an introductory counseling course, one that involved personal sharing in the group.
e.g. 1) After a long walk, we finally found ourselves back to the hotel.
2) You will soon find yourself without any friend at all if you stay arrogant like this.
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commit: -- do sth. illegal, wrong or foolish e.g. commit suicide/ theft/ unforgivable errors -- commit sb./oneself to sth./to doing something e.g. 1) The local government commits itself to
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5. A few days later I found myself unemployed and unattached, excited by the freedom, yet terrified about what to do next.
“I found myself” could be followed by a preposition, gerund or past participle, or even clauses.
The Joy of Travel
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In-class Reading
Transformative Travel
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Transformative Travel
trans-: -- across, beyond -- into another place or state
backing up the newly issued health care policy. 2) I have already committed myself to working for her.
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shipwreck/ air crash/ car accident
e.g. In recent years the film industry has undergone a
complete transformation.
transact/transaction: the process of doing business transatlantic transcend: go far beyond ordinary limits transcribe: write down something exactly as it is transfer: move or arrange sb. to move from one
place to another e.g. They are transferring me to the logistical office.
--<money>
--<plane> You will have to transfer at Frankfurt.
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alternative: -- being different from the usual -- choice of two or more possibilities
e.g. There is no alternative but to stay behind, waiting for the storm to stop.
alter: -- change or make someone or something change e.g. Nothing could alter the fact that the unemployed are