Emotions & feelings

be touched by something

feel grateful and emotional

If you are touched by something, you feel grateful and emotional because of someone's kindness.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Did you read their messages?

Yes, I was really touched by them.

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I was really touched by the card my colleagues gave me.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I was really touched from your message.

Say: I was really touched by your message.

Use “touched by,” not “touched from,” to introduce the kind action or message.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be touched by something; be really touched by something

Your turn: say it out loud

I was really touched by the card my colleagues gave me.

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

be touched by something

feel grateful and emotional

“I was really touched by the card my colleagues gave me.”

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