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202 Reflexive

pronouns

). These include brace, dress, undress, wash:

Dolly, somewhat excited, had dressed and done her hair with care.

He dispatched a messenger to the stables to inquire whether the coachman was

there; and while the man was gone, dressed himself very hurriedly.

clean

close

cook

drink

drive

fold

iron

keep

open

pack

photograph

print

read

sell

store

wash

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539 Glossary for any unfamiliar terms

Verb complementation | 507

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[brace here means to tense one’s body ready for a negative physical impact]

Sturr braced, as if for a fight.

[brace oneself has a more abstract meaning of being mentally prepared for

something negative]

She took a deep breath and braced herself.

TYPES OF COMPLEMENTATION

284

Complementation primarily concerns transitive and copular constructions, since

the intransitive verb construction requires no complementation. There are four

general types of complementation: