Mây holds a photo of her grandmother and looks towards the window, longing to see her while they are apart.
long for
I long for another afternoon with my grandparents.
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I long for another afternoon with my grandparents.
After a week away, she longed for home.
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After a week away, she longed for home.
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Strongly wish for someone or something absent
long for someone / something
This expresses a strong wish or longing. Here “long” is a verb, rather than the adjective describing length.
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Mây carefully places a family photo in a treasured album, showing the value she places on preserving memories.
attach to
We attach great importance to keeping family photos.
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We attach great importance to keeping family photos.
She attaches special value to this old notebook.
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She attaches special value to this old notebook.
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Give something a particular importance or value
attach importance / value to something
In this sense, “importance” or “value” goes between “attach” and “to”. It is not about physically gluing objects together.
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The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 61, 90, 106, 81, 7. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Mây receives an old recipe notebook from her grandmother; a small photo shows an older relative previously giving it to her grandmother.
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Mây and her grandmother look at two family photos from different generations with matching short name tags, showing a shared family name.
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Mây looks at a shell in her hand and remembers a beach visit with her grandmother in a memory bubble.
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Mây carefully places a family photo in a treasured album, showing the value she places on preserving memories.
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Mai
Was your sister named after your grandmother?
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Was your sister named after your grandmother?
Alex
Yes. Her singing reminds me of Grandma too.
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Yes. Her singing reminds me of Grandma too.
Mai
That is a lovely memory to hand down in your family.
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That is a lovely memory to hand down in your family.
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name after / remind of
“Name after” gives a name in honour of another person or thing; “remind of” brings something to mind. A reminder does not establish how a name was chosen.
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A baby receives an aunt’s name. Years later, a song makes the child think of that aunt.
Describe the naming choice.
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The child was named after her aunt.
The child received the aunt’s name, so “was named after her aunt” uses the child as the passive subject.
Complete: This song reminds me ___ my aunt.
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of
“Reminds me of my aunt” makes the song trigger a memory; “of” introduces the person remembered.
Explain why the song is not evidence about the name.
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The song reminds her of her aunt, but that alone does not explain her name.
A song recalling the aunt does not itself establish the naming reason; these relationships need separate information.
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