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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:06 am Post subject: present vs represent |
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1.Do you know what the picture represents?
2.He hated the school and everything it represented.
3.The article represents the millionaire as a simple family man.
4.He had represented himself as an employee in order to gain access to the files. |
In the aboves, what does #4 mean?
And also, I'd like to know if all 'represent's of the aboves can be replaced with 'present's.
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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Location: California
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:31 am Post subject: |
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Translations of "represent" in these sentences:
1.Do you know what the picture depicts?
2.He hated the school and everything it stood for.
3.The article portrays the millionaire as a simple family man.
4.He had portrayed himself / held himself out as an employee in order to gain access to the files.
You might use "presents" in no. 3, but not the others, in my opinion.
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