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give

/ɡɪv/

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variant 1: gave
variant 2: gives
variant 3: given
variant 4: giving

1 · verb

transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody

交给；给

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The grandmother gave her son the scarf she had knitted for his daughter.

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奶奶把给孙女织的围巾交给了儿子。

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