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/self/ 
| singular | self |
| plural | selves |
phrases
- I’m someone who needs a lot of personal space.
- A healthy relationship involves respecting each other’s boundaries.
- Don’t crowd her, she needs some time to herself.
- She knew she had overstepped the limits of their friendship.
- I felt stifled/suffocated in that relationship and knew I had to get out.
- He had broken down the barriers between them.
- Slowly he wore down her defences.
- You must give me more room to breathe.
- As soon as someone gets too close, he backs away.
- Could you make room in your life for a child who needs love?
- Four years after the divorce, I was ready to let someone into my life again.
- Every time I mention her father she just closes up.
- I often lose myself in my work.
- She was beside herself with grief.
- I’m sorry if I was rude: I’m not myself today.
- Why don’t you let yourself go a little?
- After struggling with himself for days, he finally went to the police.
- Yoga is an opportunity to get in touch with yourself.
- You need to find your inner child.
- Joanne doesn’t let many people see her real self.
- He went to India to find himself.
- Many people feel lost when they first leave home.
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