A confusing phrasal verb
hi, all : )
while preparing the test, i found one phrasal verb making me confused.
This was why, in fixing their targets, the Germans looked to secret agents they planted in England.
Shouldn't it be "depended on"?
If I want to use look to as a meaing of depend on, i thought I need "for " like -->
This was why, in fixing their targets, the Germans looked to secret agents for planting in England.
Can anybody help me for this ?
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cestsibon Shouldn't it be "depended on"? It could be, but it needn't be: they are roughly synonymous. cestsibon If I want to use look to as a meaing of depend on, i thought I need "for No, you don't.
- cestsibon Shouldn't it be "depended on"?
- It could be, but it needn't be: they are roughly synonymous.
- cestsibon If I want to use look to as a meaing of depend on, i thought I need "for No, you don't.
- the Germans looked to secret agents they planted in England for information .
- cestsibon the Germans looked to secret agents for planting in England.
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cestsibonShouldn't it be "depended on"?
It could be, but it needn't be: they are roughly synonymous.
cestsibonIf I want to use look to as a meaing of depend on, i thought I need "for
No, you don't. It can be implied:
...the Germans looked to secret agents they planted in
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