Girl at the piano
Could anyone tell me what "undid" mean in this sentence? "This novel totally undid me."
21 juin 2021 14:24
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As book lovers, we say this when a book upsets us somehow. It emotionally ruins us. Maybe the reader got attached to a character that dies, or something unexpected happens in the book and the reader becomes emotionally troubled by it. This is a very common expression for book lovers to use. In other contexts, it can many different meanings, but in this context, it means to upset the composure of a person. Here is one dictionary entry for this phrase in case you would like to familiarize yourself with its other uses: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undo I hope this helps :)
21 juin 2021
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就是看的好好的,突然來個爛結局這樣的心情吧
21 juin 2021
Here is the full context: "I am still reeling from that final unexpected blow. This novel totally undid me."
21 juin 2021
That’s specific to the person, so I don’t know for sure. When I read that line I think “undid” means “to question what he believes”. So the novel made him question what he believes ((whatever the topic was)
21 juin 2021
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