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(1) Does "see" mean "To foresee" here?

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(2) Do you think if the sentence "What a heart of nostalgia and travel!" fine?

Context:
The delay must be a wish for my stay for a little longer in the motherland. What a heart of nostalgia and travel!

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Yes see in this context means to foresee.

An example of how I would rephrase the sentence.
My travel weary, nostalgic heart wishes I could delay leaving the motherland(. /or) and stay a little longer.

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Thanks Ceili. Very Happy

The sentence "What a heart of nostalgia and travel!" was written by a Chinese.

What he wanted to express is two aspects --

(1) What a heart for travel! (It means that he loves this travel so much, not that he feels the travel is weary)

(2) What a heart of nostalgia!

So, according to your reply, I think he has failed to express what he wanted to say. Rolling Eyes

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No, not at all. The explanation point was unecessary. I also tried to get rid of the redundancies. I understood what he meant. To paraphrase; his nostalgia implies a longing for the past, in his case the Motherland. Although he loves to travel, he wishes to stay a few days longer.

How about........let me think.

His heart was torn between travel and nostalgia. However, he wished he could delay his departure, and stay in the Motherland a few days longer.

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Yes, the paraphrase could easily be understood. I think I've misunderstood "My travel weary, nostalgic heart" -- because I thought it meant "my travel is weary, nostalgic heart (wishes...)". But in fact it meant "my weary and nostalgic travel-heart". Still, I didn't get what "weary" meant, because I think the traveller was excited at his travel. Confused

PS Have you deemed the original sentence "What a heart of travel and nostalgia!" is fine, Ceili?

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Hi Oristar, I'm sticking in my two cents.

PS Have you deemed the original sentence "What a heart of travel and nostalgia!" is fine, Ceili?

This is not a sentence. It needs a verb.

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No, it is not fine, that is why my first sentence incorporates both his earlier examples, and my second sentence is just a variation of the theme.

I understood what the man was trying to say, but because it was not proper english, I re-wrote it.

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Hi Roberta,

An expression like "What a guy!" can exist on its own without the help from other elements/structures. It might be probably counted as an exclamatory sentence?

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Thnaks Ceili.

And explain the relationship between "weary" and "excited" please.

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"What a guy" is an exclamation, not a sentence, although one might argue that "what a guy" is a sentence with the "he is" understood. But you're right. It can stand on it's own.

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