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The phrase "to make himself understood" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to communicate or express oneself clearly so that others can understand. Example: John tried to explain his complex theory, but he struggled to make himself understood by the audience.
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"Why?" The man was unable to make himself understood.
He said Mr. Chávez sometimes writes notes and manages to make himself understood.
Their leader, Stéphane Dion, a Quebecker, struggles to make himself understood in English.
None of the four is able to make himself understood in English.
He needs few words to make himself understood, using a repertory of quasi-operatic gestures and clownish faces.
Long gone is the time when Dodwell, needing to make himself understood while traveling in Germany, could switch to Latin.
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English, Chen told the newspaper, is the key to making himself understood, to maintaining relevance as a Chinese activist abroad and to learning lessons from the US legal system that could be applied to China.
When Wittgenstein could not make himself understood to the philosophers of the Vienna Circle, he read poetry, whereas his fictional teacher, the one who hits rock bottom, confesses only that he is inclined to say something.4 We can interpret that silent inclination as prologue to any number of words or actions on the part of the teacher.
Once he got hold of the emergency services, he could barely make himself understood.
Meanwhile Mr. Fudenske continues to work on making himself understood.
Paul Campanelli, a teller at a betting window, said he once asked a bettor who had trouble making himself understood to write down the numbers of the horses he wanted to bet on.
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