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Ronald375 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Lie about

To who the person in the following sentence is despicable to?: 'It was despicable of her to lie about her friend'? Is she telling that to another person, so not her friend?
  

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ronald375 'It was despicable of her to lie about her friend'? It was despicable of her to lie about her friend. There are three different people in this sentence.

  • ronald375 'It was despicable of her to lie about her friend'?
  • It was despicable of her to lie about her friend.
  • There are three different people in this sentence.
  • 1.
  • The speaker - let's call him Kees.
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ronald375'It was despicable of her to lie about her friend'?
It was despicable of her to lie about her friend.

There are three different people in this sentence.
1. The speaker - let's call him Kees.
2. Her (referring to a female, known to Kees) - Let's call her Anna
3. Anna's friend.

Anna lied about her friend.
Kees knows th
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Ok, it's clear to me now. Thanks a lot!

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