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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Trust you

Hi.

Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling disgusting jokes, Mark!

What does the underlined part mean? Is it a kind of request?
  

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Persian Learner Trust you to ... We can all count on you to ... because, unfortunately, that's the kind of thing you always do.

  • Persian Learner Trust you to ...
  • We can all count on you to ...
  • because, unfortunately, that's the kind of thing you always do.
  • This idiom is used to give mild disapproval, sometimes in a half-joking way, sometimes in all seriousness.
  • CJ
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Persian LearnerTrust you to ...
We can all count on you to ... because, unfortunately, that's the kind of thing you always do.
.
This idiom is used to give mild disapproval, sometimes in a half-joking way, sometimes in all seriousness.
.
CJ

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