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to be accounted on someone



 
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to be accounted on someone #1 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:23 pm   to be accounted on someone
 

"Too bad I'm still accounted on you..."

I just came across that one. I can't find it in the dictionaries but the context it was used in suggests that it means something like "Too bad I'm still dependent on you".

Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks.
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to be accounted on someone #2 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:27 pm   to be accounted on someone
 

Hi,

The nearest I can think of is: I'm still accountable to you. And that suggests I have to explain to this other person what I do.

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to be accounted on someone #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:55 pm   to be accounted on someone
 

or I still counted on you. I hoped for your help and support.
Doubledown wrote:

I just came across that one.
Where did you find it? Are you sure that English is the author's native language? Why are you so stingy with surrounding circumstances aka context?
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