Emotions & feelings
be in your own world
be absorbed in your thoughts
If you are in your own world, you are so focused on your thoughts that you do not notice what is happening around you.
Hear it in real life
Did Tom hear what you said?
No, he was in his own world again.
She was in her own world on the bus and missed her stop.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He was in the own world and didn't hear me.
Say: He was in his own world and didn't hear me.
Use a possessive adjective such as "his" or "your," not "the," in this fixed phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be in your own world; seem to be in your own world
Your turn: say it out loud
She was in her own world on the bus and missed her stop.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be in your own world
be absorbed in your thoughts
“She was in her own world on the bus and missed her stop.”
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