Translation
to consist (of)
Examples
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The book consists of three parts.
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What does this method consist of?
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Our group consisted of ten people.
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His whole wealth consisted of one horse.
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The matter consists in the question of money.
Two prepositions, two meanings, and they are not interchangeable. lists the physical parts something is made of: . names the essence or the crux: , ..., the problem consists in the fact that. English speakers default to "of" for both and end up saying where a Zamenhofian text would use . is intransitive throughout, so there is never an accusative object after it.
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