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English translation: affect someone/have influence upon someone
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| Polish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. United States Local time: 15:34 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1to have an impact on on someone Explanation: . -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 mins (2018-05-14 10:01:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- have an impact on someone or something to leave an impression on someone or something. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have an impact on |
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28 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1affect someone/have influence upon someone Explanation: Affect is more emotional. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 55 mins (2018-05-14 10:52:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Affect has a strong emotional nuance: What affects (moves/touches) society the most are humn tragedies; at such time we unite, feel the spirit of unity. cccc touch the feelings of (someone); move emotionally. "the atrocities he witnessed have affected him most deeply" Affect (psychology), the experience of feeling or emotion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect 2. To act on the emotions of; touch or move. See Synonyms at move. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/affect |
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[to] have an impact on someone. Explanation: One could also use /effect/ instead of /impact/ but /impact/ seems more idiomatic in my opinion. |
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to influence somebody Explanation: or to get influenced by somebody if we are taking the recipient`s of the phrase point of view -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 12 hrs (2018-05-16 22:32:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- What influences society the most is human tragedies. That is when we get united and feel the spirit of togetherness. |
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