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\"It\"

English translation: avoidance

21:38 Jul 18, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Biography
English term or phrase: \"It\"
What does "it" refer to in the last sentence?

All of us will experience grief and suffering. It is part of the human
package. I dread the anticipated losses of life – the deaths of my parents, the
slow decline of age – but those prospects don’t terrify me as much as
something unexpected that turns life upside down instantly. I have spent
much of my career trying to avoid direct exposure to those events. My own
life in 2014, plus the news stories I anchored afterwards, made me realise that
avoidance is pointless. "It" is trying to hide from life itself.
Shaghayegh Savadkoohi
Iran
Local time: 18:47
Selected answer:avoidance
Explanation:
Imo

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Note added at 6 mins (2019-07-18 21:45:09 GMT)
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Adopting an avoidance approach towards life.
Selected response from:

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 11:17
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +9avoidance
Darius Saczuk
4Life
Ashraf Aly CertTrans-CIOL


Discussion entries: 1





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
\"it\"
avoidance


Explanation:
Imo

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Note added at 6 mins (2019-07-18 21:45:09 GMT)
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Adopting an avoidance approach towards life.

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 11:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: That's the way I read it too. :-)
7 mins
  -> Thank you, John. :-)
agree  Piyush Ojha
24 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  eski: Indeed. :)
33 mins
  -> Thank you, Eski. Long time no see. :-)
agree  Ali Sharifi
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Ali.
agree  Tony M
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Tony.
agree  Adolfo Fulco
16 hrs
  -> Thank you, Adolfo.
agree  Aline Amorim
16 hrs
  -> Thank you, Aline.
neutral  writeaway: "it" = (the act of) hiding from avoidance
17 hrs
  -> "... made me realise that avoidance [avoiding direct exposure to those events] is pointless. The act of avoidance, i.e. adopting an avoidance approach towards life, is pointless...
agree  JaneTranslates
2 days 2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Jane.
agree  Omri Ofek Luzon: Yup, that's true. Avoidance it is.
7 days
  -> Thank you, Omri.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
\"it\"
Life


Explanation:
As in she meant that "Life" is trying to hide from life itself.

Ashraf Aly CertTrans-CIOL
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:17
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: The immediately preceding noun to which 'it can refer is simply 'avoidance'.
8 hrs
  -> I thought so initially but it does not make sense to me, it's like the conclusion that life is about hiding from life it self
agree  Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón: The compound sentence is:My own life in 2014, plus the news stories I anchored afterwards, made me realise that avoidance is pointless. Thence the main subject is¨life¨, where ¨It¨ is traying to hide from LIFE ITSELF..
19 hrs
  -> Thank you Juan👌
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