self
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /self/US /self/
Meaning
noun
the type of person you are, especially the way you normally behave, look or feel
“You'll soon be feeling your old self again (= feeling well or happy again).”
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“but if you worry about it, ironically, it will be a self-unfulfilling prophecy.”
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“self-sustaining uh self- sustaining base”
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“internally and uh kind of self-reflect”
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but if you worry about it, ironically, it will be a self-unfulfilling prophecy.
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