It Existed

I found many old letters when I was decluttering my closet. It’s a huge surprise. It includes love letters from my ex-husband or letters where I tried to (2)talk my father out of waste his money. I almost died of embarrassment reading those. I wanted to immediately (3)tear them up. However, (4)by degrees, as I read them one by one, my emotions calmed down. The memories that I forgot have (1)talked me into appreciating them. At that time, I absolutely loved them. Now I’ve lost the same feelings but it doesn’t mean they never existed.

Before the Revision

Title: it existed.

I found many old letters when I was decluttering my closet. It’s a huge surprise. It includes love letters from ex-husband or letters which I tried to (2)talk my father out of waste his money. I almost die for embarrassed reading those. I wanted to immediately (3)tear those up. However, (4)by degrees I’ve read one by one, my emotion became calm. Those memories that I forgot (1)talk me into appreciating them. At that time, I absolutely loved them. Now I’ve lost the same feelings but it existed.

homework:
(1)talk into: Persuade someone to do something.
(e.g.) “Caroline talked John into buying a new car.”
(2)talk out of: Persuade someone not to do something.
(e.g.) “Her parents tried to talk Amy out of leaving her job.”
(3)tear up: Rip into pieces
(e.g.) “Tear up the pizza boxes before you put them in the bin.”
(4)by degrees: If something happens or develops by degrees, it happens gradually or little by little as time goes by.
(e.g.) By degrees their business relationship grew into friendship.

notice
In this article, I try to appropriate use 4 phrasal verbs(No.1~4) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.