All 6 Uses of
approach
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- He can't work anymore, and he's just sitting at home, surrounded by his eight children, brooding about his approaching death.
Chpt 43-06 (definition 1)approaching = coming
- Pim gave me a rough idea of how to approach Dussel, but cautioned me to wait until the next day, since I was in such a flap.
Chpt 43-07 (definition 2) *approach = begin communication with
- It still makes me shiver to think of the dull, distant drone that signified the approaching destruction.
Chpt 43-07 (definition 1)approaching = coming
- The perfectly round spot on which we're standing is still safe, but the clouds are moving in on us, and the ring between us and the approaching danger is being pulled tighter and tighter.
Chpt 43-11 (definition 1)
- Mother's birthday is rapidly approaching.
Chpt 44-01 (definition 1) *approaching = getting nearer
- I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions.
Chpt 44-07 (definition 1)
Definitions:
-
(1) (approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
-
(2) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal) to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic