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fend for
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fend for + Reflexivo
(v.) = arreglárselas solo, valerse por sí mismo, defenderse por uno mismo, buscarse la vida, valérselas solo, ingeniárselas solo, averiguárselas solo.
Ex: We who run libraries are equally for this kind of emancipation, so that we feel that leaving readers to fend for themselves is to sterilise the idea of libraries.
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* fend off = esquivar, eludir, rechazar, repeler.
Ex: We who run libraries are equally for this kind of emancipation, so that we feel that leaving readers to fend for themselves is to sterilise the idea of libraries.
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* fend off = esquivar, eludir, rechazar, repeler.
