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reiterated the seriousness

English translation: stressed the seriousness by repetition/saying it in different words

00:45 May 20, 2022
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: reiterated the seriousness
Hello everyone,

From the book Choose Your Story, Change Your Life by Kindra Hall.
Jonathan and Zara are husband and wife. Some time ago Jonathan had cancer.

The doctor warned Zara it was going to be aggressive. Essentially, they were going to take everything out of Jonathan—all the cells, the bad and the good. He would be admitted into the hospital and not be allowed out for a month.

“She told me to see it as a rebirth. And I liked that story. I decided to fully embrace that story. To celebrate it, even. What a beautiful thing to be completely new in your forties. Few people get that chance.” Zara told Jonathan the rebirth story and shared the doctor’s recommendation to lean into the idea. “Those who resist that story,” Zara said, “have a harder time and less desirable results.” If Jonathan could surrender and embrace that story, too, the mind could help lead the body down the path of healing.

To be clear, Zara ***reiterated the seriousness***: “Make no mistake. This was not a woo-woo approach.” One of the most technical hospitals in the country was pumping her husband full of the most highly advanced medicine that science could create.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/reiterate

1. to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.

Does "reiterated the seriousness" mean that Zara realized the seriousness and repeated to herself "Make no mistake. This was not a woo-woo approach"?

I must admit I doubt my own interpretation because if it is what Zara repeated to herself, why is it "This was not a...", not "This is not..."?

Thank you.
Mikhail Korolev
Local time: 06:39
Selected answer:stressed the seriousness by repetition/saying it in different words
Explanation:
simply

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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2022-05-21 16:54:07 GMT)
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reiterate
/riːˈɪtəreɪt/
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verb
verb: reiterate; 3rd person present: reiterates; past tense: reiterated; past participle: reiterated; gerund or present participle: reiterating

say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
"she reiterated that the government would remain steadfast in its support"

reiterate
verb

say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.

repeat
say again
restate
retell
recapitulate
go over (and over)
iterate
rehearse
belabour
dwell on
harp on
hammer away at
do over
ingeminate
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:39
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Chris.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +1Zara reiterated the seriousness to Jonathan, not to herself
Kiet Bach
4 +1stressed the seriousness by repetition/saying it in different words
AllegroTrans
5 -1Reiterated the seriousness
ULRICH SOB (X)


Discussion entries: 6





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Zara reiterated the seriousness to Jonathan, not to herself


Explanation:
Zara reiterated the seriousness to Jonathan, not to herself, because she wanted Jonathan to accept and embrace the story.

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-05-20 02:27:47 GMT)
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@Asker: You're right. I was no aware of the past tense.

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-05-20 02:28:30 GMT)
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Typo: I was not aware

Kiet Bach
United States
Local time: 20:39
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Kiet. Maybe I'm over-analyzing it, but if "This was not a woo-woo approach" is what Zara told Jonathan, why the past tense - was instead of is?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: the past tense is there because she's telling a story that was already at the time of narration a story from the past.
14 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Reiterated the seriousness


Explanation:
Zara reiterated the seriousness to her husband

ULRICH SOB (X)
France
Local time: 05:39
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Barbara Carrara: How does this explain what the phrase means?!
4 hrs
disagree  AllegroTrans: Explains nothing, just repeats the phrase; asker needs an explanation
13 hrs
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stressed the seriousness by repetition/saying it in different words


Explanation:
simply

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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2022-05-21 16:54:07 GMT)
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reiterate
/riːˈɪtəreɪt/
Learn to pronounce
verb
verb: reiterate; 3rd person present: reiterates; past tense: reiterated; past participle: reiterated; gerund or present participle: reiterating

say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
"she reiterated that the government would remain steadfast in its support"

reiterate
verb

say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.

repeat
say again
restate
retell
recapitulate
go over (and over)
iterate
rehearse
belabour
dwell on
harp on
hammer away at
do over
ingeminate
From Oxford Languages


AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Chris.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: quite simply
1 day 21 hrs
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