Oceanlike
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- Chinese
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- Singapore
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- Singapore
I heard someone say "realisation dawned on me..." and I found it weird for these 2 words to pair up.
I usually use: "It dawned on me; The severity of the situation dawned on me etc"
I checked various dictionaries and could not find the word "realisation" paired with "dawned on.."
It just sounded weird to me, like unnecessarily "big sounding" I looked up some online fiction and saw several authors using the phrase "realisation dawned" or "realisation dawned on me/him etc".
Please advise if pairing these words up is a good phrase.
I usually use: "It dawned on me; The severity of the situation dawned on me etc"
I checked various dictionaries and could not find the word "realisation" paired with "dawned on.."
It just sounded weird to me, like unnecessarily "big sounding" I looked up some online fiction and saw several authors using the phrase "realisation dawned" or "realisation dawned on me/him etc".
Please advise if pairing these words up is a good phrase.
