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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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A mother recites,

A mother recites, "Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall ..." Sitting on her lap, her son joins in to complete the rhyme.

I doubt if I could replace recites in the above utterance with narrates/relates/recounts/rehearse/review/repeat, which are synonymous with recites according to my dictionary. Your advice, please. Thanks.
  

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" Sitting on her lap, her son joins in to complete the rhyme. I doubt if I could replace recites in the above utterance with narrates/relates/recounts/rehearse/review/repeat , which are synonymous with recites according to my dictionary. Your advice, please.

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AngliholicA mother recites, "Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall ..." Sitting on her lap, her son joins in to complete the rhyme.

I doubt if I could replace recites in the above utterance with narrates/relates/recounts/rehearse/review/repeat, which are synonymous with recites according to my dictionary. Your advice, please. Thanks.