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## UNIT TWENTY Reflexive pronouns 

1R e fl exive pronouns correspond to ‘myself’, ‘yourself’, etc. in phrases like ‘you fl atter yourself’, ‘the cat’s licking itself’, ‘the recorder’s switched itself o ff ’. In such cases, the subject and the object of the verb are the same person or thing: 

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These examples show how the re fl exive pronouns are the direct objects of the verbs lavare , guardare  and vestire  and denote the same person as the subject. 

There are very many verbs which can be used in the re fl exive form in Italian and which do not correspond to English re fl exive verbs. Here is a list of some of the most common ones: 

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