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Translation

to doubt

Examples

.

I doubt his words.

.

She never doubted the truth.

, .

We doubted whether he would come today.

.

Do not doubt my love for you.

dubo.

He looked at me with great doubt.

The preposition is the thing to fix in your head: you something, never . English hides the preposition, so the accusative feels natural and is wrong. Where a whole clause follows, use , because doubting is a question in disguise: , . The noun dubo and the adverb are both common, the second a mild irony machine, since in argument usually announces that the speaker has no evidence. a means dubious, worth doubting, and is thoroughly rude about whatever it modifies.

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This word is part of lesson 11.