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Originally posted by ReelEmInReid
Apparently from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=25648&dict=CALD

Definition
enervating
adjective FORMAL
causing you to feel weak and lacking in energy:
I find this heat very enervating.

enervate
verb [T] LITERARY
I actually thought it meant "really annoying". We live and learn.

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Originally posted by SirLoseALot
If you think it's bad here,try to read this.It's a schoolassignment,this guy is in his last year before university(if he decides to go,that is),he would be 18-19 years old,and has been thaught english for at least 6 years.The assignment was to write a short play about a family.I don't think any brit or american can make much of it,it was hard for me,a ...[text shortened]... tool and take her strikework in her hands.

The lights go out and the gordines go too..."

Omg.... that's really bad. What is the beginning about? I understand the end (she wants to kill herself, but then she thinks about the pain and decides she'd rather be an old spinster than marry again, right?) But what did the guy do for her to faint? At least that is my interpretation for this beautiful play... If German and... whatever funny language you speak in... Belgium? weren't so similar, I would have understood nothing 😛

Angie 😀

PS: I also thought enervating means very annoying 😳

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Originally posted by angie88
Omg.... that's really bad. What is the beginning about? I understand the end (she wants to kill herself, but then she thinks about the pain and decides she'd rather be an old spinster than marry again, right?) But what did the guy do for her to faint? At least that is my interpretation for this beautiful play... If German and... whatever funny language you ...[text shortened]... d have understood nothing 😛

Angie 😀

PS: I also thought enervating means very annoying 😳
The usual stuff,he's seeing another woman.