Newguest Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Embraced without ...
[Thanks to the relationships with others] you have a sense of being protected without feeling smothered, of being embraced without being held back.
--- Could it mean "being fully accepted"?
--- Could it mean "being fully accepted"?
Top answer
" There is lexical cohesion with the words "smothered" and "held back," which also suggest physical contact through metaphorical meaning.
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Hi Newguest,
Yes I think in this instance "being embraced" means being "accepted" or "supported," though I don't have enough context to say whether it is "fully accepted." There is lexical cohesion with the words "smothered" and "held back," which also suggest physical contact through metaphorical meaning.
Yes I think in this instance "being embraced" means being "accepted" or "supported," though I don't have enough context to say whether it is "fully accepted." There is lexical cohesion with the words "smothered" and "held back," which also suggest physical contact through metaphorical meaning.
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