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Kind Work Person Place Considered Important Law Division

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If you say that a person is someone or s_______ in a particular kind of work or in a particular place, you mean that they are considered to be important in that kind of work or in that place.If you say that a person is someone or somebody in a particular kind of work or in a particular place, you mean that they are considered to be important in that kind of work or in that place.
He was somebody in the law division.
'Before she came around,' she says, 'I was somebody in this town'.
word somebody
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pronoun
You use someone or somebody to refer to a person without saying exactly who you mean.
Her father was shot by someone trying to rob his small retail store.
I need someone to help me.
If somebody asks me how my diet is going, I say, 'Fine'.
He noticed a huge crowd gathered outside–someone really famous must be staying there.
If you say that a person is someone or somebody in a particular kind of work or in a particular place, you mean that they are considered to be important in that kind of work or in that place.
He was somebody in the law division.
'Before she came around,' she says, 'I was somebody in this town'.
inflections somebody
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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