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Thanks Mr Abdel Hady for ur feedback.
However, is pretending to be 'my neighbour' easy? I am after the meaning of the words. I surely understand that he means to stay it was easy to pretend to be the King. But do the words say this?
I have so many students who are too clever to be satisfied by this explanation. My regards