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Feb 19, 2021 · English - USA. Feb 19, 2021. #2. In my opinion, mind-blowing implies a bit more surprise or astonishment, or almost that you can't stop thinking about it because it was so amazing. Breathtaking often implies you almost physically gasped or couldn't speak because the view was so beautiful, to use your example sentence.
Feb 13, 2009 · British Columbia, Canada. Canadian English. Feb 13, 2009. #4. Dr.Susy said: No context, I am just asking about the usage of the word if it can be used with people or not. Can I say "She's breathtaking" ? or "Her beauty is breathtaking"?
Apr 19, 2019 · dojibear said: I agree. It's the same when describing "thing"s: "breathtaking" means "takes the breath of the observor away", so there must be an observor and a verb (such as "look") describing the observation. From the patio, there are breathtaking views of the valley. (looking will take your breath away) The roller-coaster experience is ...
Mar 11, 2014 · Yes. Teddy's right. You can put it with many nouns suggestive of criticism, breathtaking vulgarity, cheek, rudeness, etc.
May 27, 2007 · The landscape, which has the intense colors of the soon-to-be Fauve school but not its outlines is a breathtaking masterpiece exhibited many times since its...
Apr 12, 2012 · Apr 12, 2012. #1. Hi everyone, I am not sure of the meaning of this expression - neither if I spelled it right by the way. I have heard it in a news coverage : a boy says it was "exhilarating, meaning it was breathtaking and breathgiving". I have tried to make sense of it by assuming breathgiving meant the contrary of breathtaking.
Jan 14, 2019 · What’s meant is that the view would have been even more breathtaking (amazing, spectacular) if not seen through rain. The seasonal rain was probably obscuring a view even more breathtaking, but it was still amazing.
Nov 23, 2005 · Allow me to elaborate: "If any at all" is a very common collocation in English. It has two defining features: -It is used after an already stated quantity (usually a small one) to further emphasize the unlikelihood of something by using hyperbole. Examples: I am only able to have two of those cookies, if any at all.
Sep 7, 2013 · Sep 8, 2013. #9. "Scenery" and "landscape" can be used interchangeably. "Views" emphasizes the ability to look out over the scenery/landscape, usually from an elevation (hill, cliff, top of a castle, etc.), although you could also say "We got wonderful views of the rural landscape from the window of the train."
Jan 31, 2015 · English - United States. Jan 31, 2015. #4. Yes, "a breathtaking view of the mountains" sounds correct. (An unpaved road and a path may not necessarily be the same thing, though.) L.
