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1
Q

To find, usually by accident.

A

I ….. some good advice while reading this week. If you’re like me, you spend most of your time thinking about all of the things that are on your “to-do‚” list and you try to figure out how you’re going to do them all.

In the meadow he will come across a rare flower.

2
Q

To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.

A

I came across some good advice while reading this week. If you’re like me, you spend most of your time thinking about all of the things that are on your “to-do‚” list and you try to figure out how you’re going to do them all. Or, sometimes, I think about things that have already happened. Maybe I ….. my presentation at work or had a fight with my boyfriend.

He has a hard time getting started because he’s afraid he’ll mess up.
She messed up on her final exam.

3
Q

To continue to think or talk about (something or someone).

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Or, sometimes, I think about things that have already happened. Maybe I messed up my presentation at work or had a fight with my boyfriend. People ….. these kinds of things all of the time.

Steven, do not dwell on an argument in the past!
I constantly dwell on my girlfriend, Elizabeth.

4
Q

opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint

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The book I was reading made a very good ….. If you’re constantly thinking about the past or the future, how can you enjoy the present? In other words, you’re making yourself unhappy by stressing out about things that you can’t control. At the same time, you’re missing what’s happening right now.

point

5
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To become stressed

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The book I was reading made a very good point. If you’re constantly thinking about the past or the future, how can you enjoy the present? In other words, you’re making yourself unhappy by ……. about things that you can’t control. At the same time, you’re missing what’s happening right now.

With her thesis defence coming up, she is completely stressed out.

6
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to seek, pursue

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I know I do this all the time. For instance, I was at the movies this past weekend. I was with my good friend and we were seeing a movie we’ve …… for weeks.

have one`s eye on

7
Q

To contribute fairly and proportionately to a group effort; to do the work that one is obligated to.

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was looking forward to it and my friend and I were both in a great mood. Then, I saw someone across the theater who looked like my co- worker. It wasn’t her but it got me thinking. I thought about the report I had to do on Monday and how much I hated working on it. Then, I thought about my co-worker who wasn’t ……. The more I thought about it, the more angry I got. By the time the movie started, my mood had changed completely. I was stressed out.

pulling her weght

8
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To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.  

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Where did all of that thinking and worrying get me? Nowhere. My new resolution is to try to stop …….. about the past and the future so much, and to just enjoy the here and now.

obsess

9
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The present situation.

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Where did all of that thinking and worrying get me? Nowhere. My new resolution is to try to stop obsessing about the past and the future so much, and to just enjoy the
…….

I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual. But not nearly close enough.

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