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18 January
- Japanese
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English (US)
Question about English (US)
What does this sentence below mean?
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She gave a hair-raising account of her escape through the desert.
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I’m especially not sure what “account “ in this sentence means.
What does this sentence below mean?
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She gave a hair-raising account of her escape through the desert.
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I’m especially not sure what “account “ in this sentence means.
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She gave a hair-raising account of her escape through the desert.
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I’m especially not sure what “account “ in this sentence means.
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- English (US)
here, “account” means like “story”; so she is giving her account - or telling her story - of the time she escaped through the desert!
- English (US)
"Account" here means "description of an event". The woman is describing how she escaped through the desert.
- Japanese
@mallwave @shima-shima
Thank you both for your help!!
I didn’t know this meaning of account 🤔
Account has many meanings so I was struggling this sentence.
Thank you!!
Thank you both for your help!!
I didn’t know this meaning of account 🤔
Account has many meanings so I was struggling this sentence.
Thank you!!
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