Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
anxiety over the likelihood
English answer:
the anxiety may be about the probability (collocation: anxiety+over+noun)
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Steffen Walter
Apr 23, 2008 19:42
16 yrs ago
English term
fortunetelle (X)
over the likelihood
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I do not understand the second paragraph. How can you explain it?
If one squints a little bit, one can see the painting by Van Gogh. And with an anxiety in it, even.
Even if a certain amount of anxiety may be simply over the likelihood that the painting will not sell, of course.
(taken from the novel "Wittgenstein's Mistress" by David Markson)
If one squints a little bit, one can see the painting by Van Gogh. And with an anxiety in it, even.
Even if a certain amount of anxiety may be simply over the likelihood that the painting will not sell, of course.
(taken from the novel "Wittgenstein's Mistress" by David Markson)
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Apr 23, 2008 20:16: Caryl Swift Created KOG entry
Apr 24, 2008 08:28: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/555959">Caryl Swift's</a> old entry - "anxiety over the likelihood"" to ""the anxiety may be about the probabilty (collocation: anxiety+over+noun)""
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Caryl Swift
Poland
Poland
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the anxiety may be about the probabilty
'anxiety over' meaning 'anxiety about'
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-04-23 19:49:13 GMT)
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The collocation is 'anxiety+over+noun', so here, the text is saying that the worry may, in part, be caused by the probabilty that the painting won't be sold.
And I'm sorry - I clicked '2', instead of '3' as regards confidence - I'm always aware that I may not be giving exactly the right answer, but this time, I wasn't quite that anxious over the possibility of being wrong... :-)
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-04-23 19:49:13 GMT)
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The collocation is 'anxiety+over+noun', so here, the text is saying that the worry may, in part, be caused by the probabilty that the painting won't be sold.
And I'm sorry - I clicked '2', instead of '3' as regards confidence - I'm always aware that I may not be giving exactly the right answer, but this time, I wasn't quite that anxious over the possibility of being wrong... :-)
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
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Native in: Russian 
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Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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the reason for anxiety is that the painting probably will not sell
Being anxious over something is to worry over something. Here the reason to worry is that the painting will not sell.
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Jack Doughty
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simon tanner
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V_Nedkov
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