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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary
Let the second episode lie...
"UK officials could have let the second episode lie, privately content to know that Russia had been left to speculate to what degree the work of its agents was compromised."
(The Guardian.)
Is "lie" a verb or noun in the sentence above?
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It's a verb, in base form. The pharse is an idiom meaning 'take no action about something'. eg UK officials could have taken no action about the second episode.
- It's a verb, in base form.
- The pharse is an idiom meaning 'take no action about something'.
- eg UK officials could have taken no action about the second episode.
- .
- Here's a simpler example.
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It's a verb, in base form.
The pharse is an idiom meaning 'take no action about something'.
eg UK officials could have taken no action about the second episode. . .
Here's a simpler example.
eg His remark angered me, but I let it lie.
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