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return someone's kindness
be kind in return
To return someone's kindness is to respond to their kindness by doing something kind for them.
Hear it in real life
Your neighbour looked after your cat, didn't she?
Yes, and I returned the kindness by helping in her garden.
I wanted to return her kindness by inviting her family to dinner.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I returned her kind by helping in the garden.
Say: I returned her kindness by helping in the garden.
Use the noun “kindness” for the generosity you respond to; “kind” is an adjective here.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
return someone's kindness; return the kindness by doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
I wanted to return her kindness by inviting her family to dinner.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
return someone's kindness
be kind in return
“I wanted to return her kindness by inviting her family to dinner.”
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