Emotions & feelings

be at peace with something

feel calm and accepting

If you are at peace with something, you feel calm and accept it without continuing to worry or struggle.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Do you still regret moving away?

Not really. I'm at peace with it now.

Play the conversation

It took me a long time to be at peace with my choice to leave that job.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: She is in peace with her decision.

Say: She is at peace with her decision.

The fixed expression uses “at peace with,” not “in peace with.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be at peace with a decision; be at peace with what happened

Your turn: say it out loud

It took me a long time to be at peace with my choice to leave that job.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be at peace with something

feel calm and accepting

“It took me a long time to be at peace with my choice to leave that job.”

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