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| If you let things wash over you, so I guess it means that you don't care about it and simply don't let it bother you;you ignore it. But Cambridge dictionary says that wash over sb means that if a feeling or emotion washes over you, you suddenly feel it strongly. One is a phrasal verb and the other one isn't and meaning changes because of that. Am I right?? |
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For example: 1) "Violent emotions washed over me, and I was quite overcome." - I could not deal with the violent emotions that I suddenly felt. 2) "I just let the emotion wash over me, and concentrated on my task." In 1), I felt the emotions strongly, and was upset. In 2), I felt the emotions strongly, but I was able to deal with them. The difference is the verb 'let', which carries the connotation of 'ability to deal with'. |
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| OK Thank you very much Coffa |
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