Emotions & feelings

stay with someone

remain in someone's thoughts or feelings

If something stays with you, you continue to remember it or feel its effect for a long time.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Did you enjoy the documentary?

Yes, it really stayed with me.

Play the conversation

Her kindness stayed with me long after I left the company.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: That memory stayed on me for years.

Say: That memory stayed with me for years.

Use “stay with someone” for a lasting memory or feeling, not “stay on someone.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

stay with someone; stay with me; stayed with her

Your turn: say it out loud

Her kindness stayed with me long after I left the company.

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

stay with someone

remain in someone's thoughts or feelings

“Her kindness stayed with me long after I left the company.”

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