“This is like a dream come true for me.”

You just got accepted to one of the top graduate schools for your area of study. You're happily telling your good friend the news about it:
This is like a dream come true for me.
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You just got accepted to one of the top graduate schools for your area of study. You're happily telling your good friend the news about it:
This is like a dream come true for me.

You're talking with a group of friends about your dreams. There is a reoccurring dream that happens to you sometimes. You describe it:
Every so often I'll have a dream where I'm being chased by some kind of monster.
determiners,
dreams,
progressive aspect,
sometimes,
will 
You've wanted to open your own restaurant for a few years. Recently, you've decided that you're actually going to open it. You're talking to a friend about your new plans, and you say:
I'm finally making a go of it.
challenge,
dreams,
finally,
phrasal verb,
한글번역 
You and your boyfriend are having fun imagining what you will do when you retire. You say:
One day I want to buy a little farm in the country and grow vegetables and raise chickens.
animals,
conjunctions,
countryside,
determiners,
dreams,
farming,
future 
I think that the ship symbolizes your feelings about your professional life.
A "symbol" is one thing that represents something else. For example, a wedding ring is a symbol for a couple's marriage.
"Symbolize" is a verb that means to be a symbol. Here's an example:
This wedding ring symbolizes our love and commitment to each other.
People think that the events that happen in your dreams are symbols for emotions or memories in your real life. People often try to interpret each other's dreams, which means to explain what the dreams mean.
There are also a lot of symbols in things like:
Your emotions and thoughts about something are sometimes called "your feelings". When it's used in this way, "feelings" is usually plural.
Your "professional life" is your job or career. In the example above, the speaker thinks that her friend dreaming about being on a sinking ship means that he is worried about his job.
People sometimes name different parts of their lives in this way. Here are some other "parts" of a person's life:

You and a friend are talking about the topic of dreams. There's a certain dream that you often have. You tell your friend about it:
I have this recurring dream where I'm on a boat that's sinking.
boat,
determiners,
dreams,
日本語サポート You chose not to move to Hollywood to follow your dream of being an actor. Your friend asks you many years later:
Do you ever think "what if"?
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