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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Your first instinct...

Lex: Exactly whose father are you?

Lionel: l wish l could say yours and be proud.
Your treatment of Lana--

Lex: Come on, Dad. l learned from watching you with Mom.
l was just being a Luthor.

Lionel: l don't know what you're being.
You have crossed a line.

Lex: Look...l realize your first instinct
is to assume the worst, (to think him as a bad person?)
Dad but believe me l'm not that person anymore.
  

Top answer

No, not necessarily. To assume the worst, usually means to think the worst if going to happen and then you are prepared, and if it isn't as bad, then it is a bonus. You can also assume the worst about a person, which does not necessarily mean the person is bad, rather that what he has been doing is bad, or assumed to be bad.

  • No, not necessarily.
  • To assume the worst, usually means to think the worst if going to happen and then you are prepared, and if it isn't as bad, then it is a bonus.
  • You can also assume the worst about a person, which does not necessarily mean the person is bad, rather that what he has been doing is bad, or assumed to be bad.
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No, not necessarily. To assume the worst, usually means to think the worst if going to happen and then you are prepared, and if it isn't as bad, then it is a bonus. You can also assume the worst about a person, which does not necessarily mean the person is bad, rather that what he has been doing is bad, or assumed to be bad.
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So a pessimist. Thanks, Jeannie!

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