An escape from Hong Kong retraced
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When Japan invaded Hong Kong in 1941 a team working for Britain's wartime secret services led an escape party across 80 miles of occupied territory to ...
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Dear Hanching,
Your letter arrived yesterday. I am deeply touched by your kind invitation.
The 70th anniversary of his death has inspired Seijiro Koyama, a movie director, to retrace the poet's life in film. Koyama first heard about Tsuru from an acquaintance last year, and was deeply moved. He became convinced that he had to do something to "make Tsuru better known."
touch (INFLUENCE) Show phonetics
verb [T]
to influence someone or something emotionally, or cause feelings of sympathy in someone:
Tragedy touched their lives when their son was 16.
The TV report about the children's work for charity touched thousands of people's hearts.
touched Show phonetics
adjective [after verb]
grateful for something kind that someone has done:
I was very touched by all the cards my friends sent me when I was in hospital.
[+ that] He was touched that you remembered his birthday.
See also touched.
touching Show phonetics
adjective
making you feel sadness, sympathy, etc:
a touching story
The way she looked after her little sister was really touching.
move (FEELINGS) Show phonetics
verb [T]
to cause someone to have strong feelings, such as sadness, sympathy, happiness or admiration:
She said that she was deeply moved by all the letters of sympathy she had received.
It was such a sad film that it moved him to tears (= made him cry).
moved Show phonetics
adjective
When she told me about her daughter's death, I was too moved even to speak.
moving Show phonetics
adjective
causing strong feelings of sadness or sympathy:
a very moving story
I find some of Brahms's music deeply moving.
movingly Show phonetics
adverb
He spoke movingly about his wife's death.
retrace Show phonetics
verb [T]
to go back over something, for example a path or a series of past actions:
When he realised he had lost his keys, he retraced in his mind his movements that day.
retrace your steps
to go back to a place in the same way that you came:
She walked straight past her office and then had to retrace her steps.
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