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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006"feel good about oneself"
"I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about ourselves." Here what does "feel good about ourselves" mean? I think I know the meaning quite vaguely, but am not very sure. Will you paraphrase it into some other expression? Thank you. > "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always > makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thank you. That we think highly of our own character. > "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always > makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thank you. "Feeling good about oneself" means pretty much exactly what it says. It means liking oneself, and feeling virtuous, optimistic, positive, happy etc. Incidentally, the first sentence in your example is not natural English. It should be something like "I'll miss a friend who is going away". > > "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always > > makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > English. It should be something like "I'll miss a friend who is going > away". matt271829minusn, you've got to be kiddying. >>> "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always >>> makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > matt271829minusn, you've got to be kiddying. He's not kidding; he's right.  SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ > >>> "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always > >>> makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > He's not kidding; he's right. One can be right and kid about it. > -- > Skitt (in Hayward, California) > http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ >>>>> "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always >>>>> makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > One can be right and kid about it. Matt provided an answer to Noahna's question and also a suggestion about the opening sentence. There was no reason to "kid about it." Note that Matt wasn't rude; he was merely being helpful to someone unsure about English usage. SignatureMaria > >>>>> "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always > >>>>> makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Matt wasn't rude; he was merely being helpful to someone unsure about > English usage. Sorry Maria, I took Noahna's question to be insincere. I am so used to kooks manipulating others without them apparently knowing it that I was giving Matt a heads up. Civic duty aborted. Holly > "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always > makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thank you. You turn off the hood range. Feels good the silence. You turn off the negative thinking about yourself. Feels good about yer self. >> "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always >> makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > You turn off the hood range. Say what? Did you mean the range-hood fan, or something like that? > Feels good the silence. That's Yoda-speak. The silence feels good. > You turn off the negative thinking about yourself. Feels good about > yer self. That last sentence should be: You feel good about yourself. SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ > >> "I'll miss a friend who will go away. It is not because he always > >> makes us laugh, but because he always makes us feel good about [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Skitt (in Hayward, California) > http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ Thank you Skitt who lives in Hayward that rhymes with Wayward. [ ... ] > Thank you Skitt who lives in Hayward that rhymes with Wayward. In the bayward part of Alameda County. SignatureThe Liebs > [ ... ] > > > Thank you Skitt who lives in Hayward that rhymes with Wayward. > > In the bayward part of Alameda County. In the hayward part of Al Bovina County. > > [ ... ] > > > > Thank you Skitt who lives in Hayward that rhymes with Wayward. > > > In the bayward part of Alameda County.In the hayward part of Al Bovina County. In the highway smart of Corleone bounty. > > > [ ... ] > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > In the highway smart of Corleone bounty. In a way, part of the Don Giovanni *bouncy*. |
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