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If I feel I'm lacking some kind of skills and I'm desperate to learn something, can I say I need to recharge myself?
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If I feel I'm lacking some kind of skills and I'm desperate to learn something, can I say I need to recharge myself?
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Recharge myself is not a phrase I've ever encountered, but it's a nifty metaphor. However, I would take it to mean "do things to get myself more motivated and energetic":
I need to take a vacation to recharge myself.
When we speak of fundamental training or re-training to acquire new skills or roles the current catchphrase is re-invent myself:
I need to re-invent myself as a teacher.
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I haven't heard that use of recharge used as a reflexive. I'd normally expect just "I need to take a vacation to recharge."
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And if the skills you do have are not as relevant now as they once were, there is the phrase to retool, that is, to acquire a different set of skills than the ones you have now.
She knows all there is to know about Microsoft Windows but because the market is shifting away from desktop applications to mobile apps, she really needs to retool.
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"Recharge myself" is a good phrase, but it has the wrong meaning.
"Recharge my batteries" is perhaps more common than "Recharge myself."
The Oxford dictionary gives "recharge" with no object, -i.e. "I need to recharge," not "I need to recharge myself", as well as "recharge my batteries."
However, the meaning is "I am mentally or physically exhausted and need to take some time out to recover," not "I am lacking some skills and need to learn them."
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Recharge myself is not a phrase I've ever encountered, but it's a nifty metaphor. However, I would take it to mean "do things to get myself more motivated and energetic":
I need to take a vacation to recharge myself.
When we speak of fundamental training or re-training to acquire new skills or roles the current catchphrase is re-invent myself:
I need to re-invent myself as a teacher.
answered 3 hours ago
StoneyB
167k10227401
I haven't heard that use of recharge used as a reflexive. I'd normally expect just "I need to take a vacation to recharge."
– fectin
1 hour ago
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up vote
5
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Recharge myself is not a phrase I've ever encountered, but it's a nifty metaphor. However, I would take it to mean "do things to get myself more motivated and energetic":
I need to take a vacation to recharge myself.
When we speak of fundamental training or re-training to acquire new skills or roles the current catchphrase is re-invent myself:
I need to re-invent myself as a teacher.
answered 3 hours ago
StoneyB
167k10227401
I haven't heard that use of recharge used as a reflexive. I'd normally expect just "I need to take a vacation to recharge."
– fectin
1 hour ago
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up vote
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up vote
5
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Recharge myself is not a phrase I've ever encountered, but it's a nifty metaphor. However, I would take it to mean "do things to get myself more motivated and energetic":
I need to take a vacation to recharge myself.
When we speak of fundamental training or re-training to acquire new skills or roles the current catchphrase is re-invent myself:
I need to re-invent myself as a teacher.
answered 3 hours ago
StoneyB
167k10227401
Recharge myself is not a phrase I've ever encountered, but it's a nifty metaphor. However, I would take it to mean "do things to get myself more motivated and energetic":
I need to take a vacation to recharge myself.
When we speak of fundamental training or re-training to acquire new skills or roles the current catchphrase is re-invent myself:
I need to re-invent myself as a teacher.
answered 3 hours ago
StoneyB
167k10227401
answered 3 hours ago
StoneyB
167k10227401
answered 3 hours ago
StoneyB
167k10227401
answered 3 hours ago
StoneyB
167k10227401
167k10227401
I haven't heard that use of recharge used as a reflexive. I'd normally expect just "I need to take a vacation to recharge."
– fectin
1 hour ago
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I haven't heard that use of recharge used as a reflexive. I'd normally expect just "I need to take a vacation to recharge."
– fectin
1 hour ago
I haven't heard that use of recharge used as a reflexive. I'd normally expect just "I need to take a vacation to recharge."
– fectin
1 hour ago
I haven't heard that use of recharge used as a reflexive. I'd normally expect just "I need to take a vacation to recharge."
– fectin
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
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And if the skills you do have are not as relevant now as they once were, there is the phrase to retool, that is, to acquire a different set of skills than the ones you have now.
She knows all there is to know about Microsoft Windows but because the market is shifting away from desktop applications to mobile apps, she really needs to retool.
answered 3 hours ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
96.2k671159
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up vote
2
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And if the skills you do have are not as relevant now as they once were, there is the phrase to retool, that is, to acquire a different set of skills than the ones you have now.
She knows all there is to know about Microsoft Windows but because the market is shifting away from desktop applications to mobile apps, she really needs to retool.
answered 3 hours ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
96.2k671159
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
And if the skills you do have are not as relevant now as they once were, there is the phrase to retool, that is, to acquire a different set of skills than the ones you have now.
She knows all there is to know about Microsoft Windows but because the market is shifting away from desktop applications to mobile apps, she really needs to retool.
answered 3 hours ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
96.2k671159
And if the skills you do have are not as relevant now as they once were, there is the phrase to retool, that is, to acquire a different set of skills than the ones you have now.
She knows all there is to know about Microsoft Windows but because the market is shifting away from desktop applications to mobile apps, she really needs to retool.
answered 3 hours ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
96.2k671159
answered 3 hours ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
96.2k671159
answered 3 hours ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
96.2k671159
answered 3 hours ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
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96.2k671159
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up vote
2
down vote
"Recharge myself" is a good phrase, but it has the wrong meaning.
"Recharge my batteries" is perhaps more common than "Recharge myself."
The Oxford dictionary gives "recharge" with no object, -i.e. "I need to recharge," not "I need to recharge myself", as well as "recharge my batteries."
However, the meaning is "I am mentally or physically exhausted and need to take some time out to recover," not "I am lacking some skills and need to learn them."
answered 1 hour ago
alephzero
1,656411
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
"Recharge myself" is a good phrase, but it has the wrong meaning.
"Recharge my batteries" is perhaps more common than "Recharge myself."
The Oxford dictionary gives "recharge" with no object, -i.e. "I need to recharge," not "I need to recharge myself", as well as "recharge my batteries."
However, the meaning is "I am mentally or physically exhausted and need to take some time out to recover," not "I am lacking some skills and need to learn them."
answered 1 hour ago
alephzero
1,656411
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
"Recharge myself" is a good phrase, but it has the wrong meaning.
"Recharge my batteries" is perhaps more common than "Recharge myself."
The Oxford dictionary gives "recharge" with no object, -i.e. "I need to recharge," not "I need to recharge myself", as well as "recharge my batteries."
However, the meaning is "I am mentally or physically exhausted and need to take some time out to recover," not "I am lacking some skills and need to learn them."
answered 1 hour ago
alephzero
1,656411
"Recharge myself" is a good phrase, but it has the wrong meaning.
"Recharge my batteries" is perhaps more common than "Recharge myself."
The Oxford dictionary gives "recharge" with no object, -i.e. "I need to recharge," not "I need to recharge myself", as well as "recharge my batteries."
However, the meaning is "I am mentally or physically exhausted and need to take some time out to recover," not "I am lacking some skills and need to learn them."
answered 1 hour ago
alephzero
1,656411
answered 1 hour ago
alephzero
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answered 1 hour ago
alephzero
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answered 1 hour ago
alephzero
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