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vil

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Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

She is a woman long accustomed to respect and flattery.

long accustomed = very/ much accustomed

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Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

She is a woman long accustomed to respect and flattery.

long accustomed = very/ much accustomed

V.

Yes, but it means that she became very accustomed to it over a long period of time.
 
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vil

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Hi emsr2d2,

Your interpretation was my spontaneous long guess at first. Later I preferred to ignore it and made the choice to follow purposefully the actually cause and effect relationship.

Thank you for your backing.

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