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Tostyle un Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Basic english

Hello teachers,

What does "you had a partner killed" mean?

He got him killed or he lost him through some one?

Thank you.

  

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tostyle un What does "you had a partner killed" mean? It depends on context. 1) You hired someone to kill one of your partners.

  • tostyle un What does "you had a partner killed" mean?
  • It depends on context.
  • 1) You hired someone to kill one of your partners.
  • 2) You lived through an experience in which one of your partners was killed.
  • Considering what scenarios are easier to imagine, 1) is much more likely than 2).
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tostyle unWhat does "you had a partner killed" mean?

It depends on context.

1) You hired someone to kill one of your partners.
2) You lived through an experience in which one of your partners was killed.

Considering what scenarios are easier to imagine, 1) is much more likely than 2).

CJ

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At your instigation, a partner was murdered—your partner or another kind of partner, like in a law firm.

Or, you had a partner, and you sufferd the misfortune of him or her being killed.

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