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English Phrase: Before your eyes
What would you do if a young man asked you to take a picture of him with his girlfriend, and then, as you were about to take the picture, he proposed to her right before your eyes?
Would you be too surprised to capture the moment, or would you be able to photograph the whole thing?
Hmm, it’s hard to say.
While you think about it, let me explain the phrase’s meaning before your eyes.
Before your eyes is used when you witness something surprising happening near you, and you want to emphasize the shock of it.
If you saw a man propose to his girlfriend, you would be pleasantly surprised and tell your friends that you had seen a man propose to his girlfriend right before your eyes.
It’s a memory that you would keep forever.
But I ask you again, would you be able to capture the moment in a picture?
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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